Wednesday at the hospital

On Wednesday, the intervention radiologist, Dr. Cizman, came in to tell Craig that he would need to decide if he's going to do the 2nd radioembolization in the next day and a half.  We didn't think we'd have to decide about that until next week and this was quite a surprise to both of us. Craig couldn't stay at Huntsman until the next procedure (because of insurance) so he would either need to come home or go to a skilled nursing facility.  If his blood sugars are stable for a few days with just the glucose drip and no extra shots of glucose then he'll be released from the hospital with the glucose drip.

That day, my sisters and brother and his wife and a few kids all came to see Craig and have lunch at Huntsman. Wednesday is my favorite salad: strawberry, spinach, and salmon salad!  Craig was pretty sleepy today so he slept through a lot of the visit.  He has not experienced any bad side effects from the octreotide so far so we're happy for that. Today his blood sugars have been fairly steady, hanging around 120-150 which is good for him

At the end of the night, Chase and I talked with Craig about his decision to continue with the 2nd treatment. He was feeling pretty lousy most of today and slept quite a bit.  He wasn't sure he wants to do the second treatment.  Tonight he was also thinking it might be time to "call it".  He had never intended to do more treatment and this blood sugar issue has pushed into treatment he never thought he'd do.  It's weird how life takes turns you don't expect and the decisions you make at that time are unexpected as well.  We've always thought we'll make the best decision we can at the time with the information available.  Craig always tries to base his decisions on logic and not emotion but when you get to this point, it's not always easy to leave emotion out of the decision-making equation.