Day 22 @ LH

He spent the day in a great deal of pain again.  He had a CT scan yesterday to make sure that the cancer had not spread into the brain and it had not.  But in doing the CT scan he endured a great deal of pain yesterday when they moved him carelessly.  Long story short that scenerio is getting handled and we move on. 

At 4:00 this evening they took him down to surgery to insert an epidural catheter into the area where he has the greatest pain.  I won't know until morning if he is getting any relief from it because he has been sleeping pretty much since he came back upstairs from surgery.  He looked comfortable and not so strained. I told him I was going home - but he probably doesn't even remember.   He has a little tiny tube that comes out of his back where all the pain is and he'll carry around the bag of meds when he goes anywhere.  The epidural has two different strong pain meds in it and if it's not enough medicine they can add a third to it as well to help relieve the pain.  Dr. thought it went well.  His wonderful nurses are checking on him every 15 minutes or so to make sure he's doing ok.  He's getting a tremendous amount of pain medicine so I'm thankful they are on their game there.  

He had a surprise that made him smile tonight when a couple of his classmates from High School made a visit.  He was cracking some jokes with them - so I know he wasn't feeling too much pain at that point.

Pray that the procedure gives him the relief that he needs. Pray for a good night for him and a turn around for tomorrow. Pray that we all continue to receive the strength when we need it most.  I'm always glad for Friday's coming around.  It means that for 2 days after that I can get off my game just a little.  Thank you all for the cards - notes - FB comments - messages - We continue to be very blessed.  Thank you so much.