Pain in the gut

Craig is experiencing a lot of pain right in his gut.  We're not sure if it's cancer pain or something else because it's more on his left upper abdomen and that's not where the liver is.  It could be the spleen?  He will have an MRI next week and we will see what it shows.  We had doctor appointments this week but Craig wanted to push them a week later and have this week with no appointments.  The day we have an appointment just wipes him out.  He feels like it takes a day to recover from going out.  So we will stay away from Huntsman this week!

On Sunday night Craig was coughing and could hear a rib crack!  That's adding to his pain now.  We've wrapped him up in a wide ace bandage to help support the rib.  He's done this before so we know there isn't much to do about it.  Although I think he's ready for a little heavier pain medication.  Oxycodone isn't hitting it for him very well anymore.  He says he feels best when he stays still and then he falls asleep.  That's kind of the routine...sleep and then get up and try to eat something.  He does not have much of an appetite.  Ice cream is about the only constant food that he enjoys.  Anything with cherry flavor!

His blood sugars are still holding steady and high.  He's been an average of 222 for the last 7 days and that's with a drop in the rate of delivery from the pump.  The endocrinologist will possibly turn the pump down again this week.  Lisa, Craig's sister with diabetes, says that higher blood sugars make her feel nauseous so that may be the reason he's been feeling that way.