Another update

Its been quite a week. We have seen lots of doctors this week. Here's what we know:

Earl had his mapping done on Friday. Since then he has had terrible hiccups. First they would come and go. Sunday night they started being constant. Finally Tuesday we called the gastro- enterologist (Earl's main liver doctor)who instructed us to go the ER. The hiccups that had been constant since Sunday night disappeared as we walked into the hospital. They ran a bunch of blood tests and took CT scans of his abdomen and brain and couldn't find anything that would cause hiccups. We finally left at midnight. The hiccups reappeared about 2:00 a.m.

We had a Wound Care appointment this morning at 8:00. We walked into the hospital and the hiccups disappeared again. The wounds on Earl's legs are worse. They have been draining a lot. This morning they decided to change the type of dressing they are doing. Instead of changing it once a week, we are changing it every other day. I guess I am going to become a nurse whether I want to or not. I'm okay with the care giving, its the blood that gets me. Earl being very tired from having hiccups, and not being able to sleep or eat, slept through the whole thing.

After Wound Care, we went to the liver doctor. Earl's blood work looks surprisingly healthy. He reviewed the CT scans. The ER doctor noted a compression fracture on the L4 vertebra. At this point we don't know if the fracture is due to an injury or the cancer. We will be chasing that down next week after the holiday. Again Earl slept the whole time. After we left the doctor, the hiccups returned. Thankfully they have been gone for most of the afternoon and Earl has been able to sleep today. Maybe we will be able to go to Grandma's for Thanksgiving after all.

This afternoon we found out that Earl is scheduled for his next Therasphere's treatment on Tuesday December 2. He will be going in at 6:30 a.m.