Craig made it through the first night and slept ok. They kept him comfortable from pain with meds. Today he is feeling ok but frustrated with mixed messages from the medical staff. Yesterday the intervention radiologist who did the procedure said not to worry too much about his radiation. Now today a PA said to stay away from his room but then our doctors, Dr Weis and Dr Whisenant (the attending doc), said it's not that big of deal. The half-life of the radiation is 22 hours after the procedure which is this morning. That means it's the most potent time right now and after that it diminishes by half every day and then runs out in 12 days.
His potassium is higher today so they have him on an EKG to monitor his heart. He needs to be more restrictive of eating foods high in potassium (potatoes, bananas, beans, most vegetables...). Basically anything healthy is high in potassium and is hard on his heart. Makes no sense! We've dealt with that for awhile but now with the stress of the radiation they want to be extra careful. To top this off he's getting a cold. He doesn't need that right now. I'm going up this afternoon to take him out in the sun for awhile. It's a beautiful day.
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I know Dr whisrnant's parents very well and his brother was Nick's bishop in SF and nick was his 1st counselor. I knew he was a cancer doc but thought he worked somewhere else.
ReplyDeleteThe Whisenants are brilliant, talented family. They know Bob and Carolee. I asked her about him when craig was first diagnosed and she said he was at cancer specialty clinic? Not Huntsman. He has an excellent reputation.
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