Update #3 ...

Daves' sister here with a little update ...

His chest x-ray today looked really good.

If it looks as good tomorrow, his surgeon says his last chest tube will come out,

and, hopefully, (cross your fingers) he can come home tomorrow evening!

Dave really wants to come home,

take a shower,

lay in his king bed,

enjoy his new TV,

and eat food not made in a cafeteria.

But, he is also experiencing another difficulty that he wanted

me to share with you, his blog readers.

He can't go #2.

Yep, that's right. He is a little backed up.

So, since my family always turns to a big musical number for inspiration

he wanted me to share with you his song for today.

He is really hoping it will help to get things moving!

As you can tell, Daves sense of humor is still alive and kicking!

Thanks again for all you support!

Update ...

This is Daves' sister again. He wanted me to post a little update so everyone knew what was going on.

I spent the night at the hospital last night with him, and I am on my way back again. He has had 3 of his tubes removed, but we are still waiting for the last one to come out. We are hoping it will come out tomorrow, which would mean he could come home on Wednesday.

Now that he doesn't have the epidural, pain management has been a little more difficult, but they keep trying different things to get the right balance for him. His morphine drip is still his best friend. He is sick of living off of tortilla chips and teddy grahams and will be happy when he can eat sausage links and ham.

His spirits are good and he still has his sense of humor!

There have been some inquiries regarding donating blood. For those interested, you can call the Blood Bank at 1-877-659-2001. Let them you know you are donating for him and they will schedule a time for you to come in.

We appreciate all the love and support we have received. Everyone has been so kind, and we are very grateful!

Surgery Update ...

Hello Readers,

This is Davids' sister here to update you on his progress. Here are his surgery stats:

*They removed a large tumor from his diaphragm. We were told the tumor was the size of a golf ball and they removed a section the size of a piece of bologna in order to get clear borders.

*They removed a small portion of his lower left lung that contained 10 small tumors.

*He has been in the ICU for a few days and today was moved into a regular room. His new room has a bed that is much more comfortable, a DVD player, AND room service ... so he is feeling pretty good.

*Both the surgeon and his oncologist are very pleased with how the surgery went and with his recovery thus far.

*Right now it is looking like he will be able to come home on Monday or Tuesday. He will do some out patient chemo in a few weeks, and then, depending on how well he heals, will have surgery on his right side in 3-4 weeks.

*He has kept his sense of humor. He has been on an epidural since the surgery for pain. When the nurse came in to check on him after he had woken up from surgery he jokingly said to the nurse, "So, since I had an epidural, when do I get my baby?". He is definitely the nurses favorite patient!

He appreciates all your prayers and encouragement. Hopefully, he will be back to posting on his own soon!

T minus Tomorrow

Tomorrow is the big day.

I will be arriving at the hospital at 5:30 in the morning to get all ready for surgery at 7:30.

I will keeping up my blog during my recovery in the hospital.

So Love you all and thank you for your prayers.

Last Chemo in Utah for a while.

So Monday I went in to get my normal Chemo. But to my surprise my doctor in Utah had been talking to my main doctor in San Diego and they are going to switch me back to the last regimine of chemo that I was doing. So they need to order it all.

So my chemo date was changed until Thursday. So On Thursday I went and received my chemo and I am happy that they switched my chemo back because this regimine does not take as long as the other one did.

Instead of being there for roughly 4 hours this other chemo only takes like 2 hours. So less time stuck in the hospital is always a good thing.

Also since it was my last time getting Chemo in this hospital for a while they gave my a bottle of sparkling Apple cider. To celebrate and to wich me luck in my surgery.

So all systems are a go for surgery on January 6th. I will being having one last doctors appointment with my regular doctor in San Diego before my date with the surgeon. I will also be having a final CAT Scan of which they will be basing the surgery off of.

That is all for now.

MERRY CHRISTMAS EVERYONE!

I only have a week and some change left in Utah. I will be gone until Late March so if you wish to give me a GIGANTIC Hug before I go just wanted to let you know that time is running out.

Date with a Surgeon and Chemo

So last friday I flew home for a grand total of 4 or 5 hours just to visit with the surgeon that will be doing my surgery on Jan 6th.

So everything went well and everything is on track for my surgery.

Also I had Chemo this past Monday and everything went well did not get as sick as I did last time so that was a good thing and now it Thanksgiving.

time to give thanks for all the wonderful medical technology that is available to all of us to use.

I am thankful for that.

Happy Turkey day top everyone

Focused on Thanksgiving

So I had Chemo one again last week and to be honest it I felt the worse afterwards than I have since I moved to Utah.

But I fit a lot better after Saturday past and am back to normal now. I just got back from a quick doctor appointment to check on my blood and everything is going well.

Next Friday I will fly home in the morning to meet with my surgeon only to fly back to Utah right afterwards for work on Saturday.

So everything is on schedule and school is going great and Surgery will be on Jan 6th.

and for Amy I will be returning to Provo somewhere around late March early April.