Today wasn't any better! Mr. T woke up with a fever....pain in his leg...nausea and so the day went! He slept all day long hooked up to one drug or another.The nurse had to wake him up to take his oral meds and do his stats but thats about it.
He wouldn't wake up or watch television or play games. He's just too sick.
Tonight they are trying another medication called Nabilone.
'Nabilone is chemically related to marijuana and belongs to the class of medications called cannabinoids. It is used to treat severe nausea & vomiting in people undergoing cancer chemotherapy. It works in centers of the brain to reduce nausea & cause sedation. Maybe it will get him to eat tomorrow. I understand it is also a big help to anorexics, Aids patients and other delibitating diseases.
Actually its better known as 'medical marijuana'. If it relieves his nausea and stimulates his appetite....I'm in favor of it!
I can't even eat in front of him......just the smell of food will make him puke...so I run to eat lunch for 5 minutes and hurry back....so when the machines beep I can buzz the nurses as he doesn't hear the machines. He's knocked out on Benadryl & Morphine & so many other pills.
He also had platelets today because his platelets are low and yesterday he had a bad nosebleed.
Hopefully we both can get some rest tonight.
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