Call with Dr. Clark

So, last night Dr. Clark called me. She said that she showed my dads scan at the Thursday morning tumor board meeting and they all thought that the abnormal area on the scan looks like it was minor damage from a series of small seizures. This seems to make sense and if it is true everything should heal and go back to normal soon. Dad is already doing a little better.

She is going to call St. Helena and up his dosage of Keppra.

Feels good to get some answers.

Still in hospital. More tests.

EEG test. Blood work. Spinal to check for infection. So far everything negative.

Talk to Dr. Clark at UCSF. Overnight her the MRI.

Still awaiting some test results but so far nothing major showing up.

Thinking its just bad inflammation that might be causing this. Clark says could take a few weeks to clear up.

Dad still in the hospital tonight.

Admitted to St Helena Hospital

Bad morning. Dad didnt sleep all night. Severely agitated. Yelling about how he wishes he was dead. Banging fists. Just all around bad. Now believe this is steroid psychosis. He doesnt do well on those steroids. By afternoon is hallucinating and hearing things.

Dr Tate sees him at St Helena. IV fluids, sedatives, finally admitted to the hospital. Later MRI.

MRI shows no tumor.
Inflammation.
Possible infection.

Dad still not feeling well. Still confused.

8 mg Dex

Dad takes 8 mg Dex today. Feels terrible all day.

Confusion

Dad feeling ok for most of the day. Called tonight expecting everything to be fine and mom tells me he is very confused not making sense. She calls Dr. Smith urgent number. He prescribes dex for swelling. Tells her to pick it up tomorrow.

Not good.

Last Day of Radiation

Dad finished 42 chemo pills yesterday and today was his last radiation treatment. What an accomplishment. He felt terrible this morning going for treatment. Kind of freaked all the nurses out because they are used to him looking so good. Received radiation then got bloodwork and an IV done with fluids and an anti nausea medication. He started feeling better about halfway through the appointment. Decided he wanted to go out for pizza and a beer tonight with all of us.

Was still sick a lot of the day. So hard.

Dinner was great. Good to see him out of the house. We all loved his company.

Now we wait for the MRI scheduled for August 11th.