August 18, 2022

I am still at the hospital with Dave. He just does better when he feels my presence, he will wake up and automatically look for me. I will help him shower, make sure he has cold water, nag him to have chocolate milk and ensure clear 🤣. I think he is doing better today, he has stayed awake more and talked more. Tuesday and Wednesday he would just sleep. They gave him blood and IV nutrition, I think that has helped a ton. His kidneys are still not working, but they tell us to not worry, he just needs time to heal. The chemo is still floating around his body because the kidneys are not flushing it out. They tell us everything has to heal, and Dave is wore out. They are pushing this next chemo back until he is healed. If your kidneys don’t work it throws everything off, so they monitor him very close. They pump magnesium, potassium and anything else that is “off” into him. I will say this is where you want to be if you have cancer, they keep track of everything, they are so amazing. So I don’t think he will be home until next week. As long as the kidneys are shut down there is way to much to keep track of…..So I think I will go home. My mom is coming in the morning, we try to never leave him alone other than at night.