Doug's surgery, Part II

Poor Doug. This has been one of the hardest weeks we've ever had. Doug was in so much pain on his right side since the surgery last week, that on Monday we went into his Dr. and asked him to pull out the stint on that side. (That was the side he had successfully looked at last week.) After several tests, the Doctor pulled it out, and we thought that the pain would ease up dramatically. But, that was not the case. By Monday night he was throwing up so much that he got really dehydrated and wasn't able to keep any pain meds down and his right kidney was killing him. So we went up to the ER around 6:00 a.m. and they got him hooked up to an I.V. and some pain meds in him. But they weren't able to ease the nausea all the way and he couldn't keep any juice down, so they knew if they sent him home it wouldn't be long before he was dehydrated and in pain again. He stayed over through the night and then had his surgery around 8:00 this morning. The surgery went well and he still has a stint in his left side, but we can go to the Dr.'s office tomorrow morning and have that one pulled out. (He said I could do it at home, but I declined!) We're home now and he actually looks much better than he did last Wednesday. I hope he will stay well as the hospital meds wear off and we switch to pills. But he just ate for the first time since Monday and it looks like it's staying down o.k. (We'll keep our fingers crossed.) And the good news is that the Dr. was able to get into his left kidney this time and he said that it looks good. So, no more worries about his kidneys. The Dr. also said he's planning on leaving Doug's bladder alone for a while so he can heal up. He is planning on giving Doug cancer treatments a few times a year now as just a preventative measure. But he'll give us 3 months from now before doing any treatments so Doug can recoup and get his energy levels back up again.