Parancentesis

This morning Bill was suppose to have the paracentesis done.  We were told by doing this it would drain the fluid in his abdomen and give him some relief. The fluid is caused by the liver poorly functioning.  There was a scheduling error and Bill was not able to have the procedure done at out patient.  We went to the E.R because he was in tremendous pain and with all the all fluid being retained he had trouble breathing. He was able to have the paracentesis done at the hospital.  Unfortunately, it didn't go as planned.  There were to many pockets in the abdomen which only allowed for a small amount of fluid to be removed.  Bill is still in a lot of pain but hopefully should be feeling better later tonight.  He is being kept at the hospital so the pain can be managed better.

Bad News

Sally here

Bill had 7 great days in a row.  His pain was minimal.  It  was wonderful to have our old life back.  Even if it was just for a short time.  Unfortunately, like usual for us the good is shortly followed by the bad.  Bill's pain gradually came back. This pass Sunday, he started to look a little jaundice.  He was running no fever and felt OK and still had an appetite.  In fact he gained 14 pounds in 2 weeks and he mentioned that his belly is getting big again.  Yesterday, he went for routine blood work for his chemo treatment.  We found out today the billirubin is elevated.  Chemo was cancelled and replaced with a CT scan and ultra sound.  With the billirubin high, there was concerned that either the stent in the bile duct was clogged again or the tumor in the bile duct has grown.  The test showed that the cancer has grown in the liver. They can not tell if the stent is clogged or the tumor has grown in the bile duct.  Bill's abdomen in retaining fluid and needs to be drained (reason for the rapid weight gain and extended tummy).  Since the cancer is no longer responding to chemo, it has been stopped.  Tomorrow, Bill has an appointment with the G.I. doctor.   He will eventually have an appointment with the oncologist to see if there are any options left.

Bill is doing well.  He is handling the news much better then I am. All 3 of the kids know and  seem to be handling the news OK.  Kaity said she wants her daddy here and not in Heaven.  Bill and I will shortly be taking the kids out for ice cream.  Ice creams always makes things seem better.

 

I'm still here.

Thank you Zach, for writing the last post.  I am very proud of you and happy to call you my son.

I am sorry for not posting in a long time.  Truth is, I was not feeling so well.  Zach mentioned some of it on his post.  I was in tremendous pain for weeks. The pain medication I was on did not help. I often spent my days in bed which made me miss a lot of important times with my family including Zach's and Kaity's birthdays. Not being well enough for times like that just about killed me. It was hard to see everyone going on with their life's, Sally trying to handle everything on her own, trying to take care of me as well and here I was laying in bed not able to do anything. 

I am finally feeling better with the help of new pain medications.  I am not 100% pain free but a whole lot better then what I was.  Keeping my fingers cross, this will continue.  It's great to have my life back for now and to be functioning again. I am hoping to put some weight back on.  Last year I weighted over 230 pounds.  Sally would often get after me for what I would eat.  Now, I weigh 178.  Sally does whatever she can to get me to eat and consume high calorie foods.  Fish fillets were seldom before, now if I just make a mentioning of them she will run out and get me one with a shake.  She even switched my milk from skim to whole. She will buy me ice cream, candy bars, snowballs, and whatever else I want or she thinks I will eat.   The sacrifices I am now making to make her happy.  


I do have a few posts started from January and February, before the pain became constant and unbearable.  I am hoping to start posting them in a quickly matter.  Thank you for your continue prayers. 


God Bless,
Bill

My Dad by ZC

Hi! It's me Zachary writing this. .My dad is OK but he is hurting. Please pray for my dad.  The reason my dad isn't writing blogs because he doesn't feel good and sleeps a lot. My mom has a lot of  head aches and my dad isn't feeling well.  I wasn't feeling good too because I had surgery. But I feel better now. .Kaity and Michael is doing well. Wait a second. Dad if you are reading this I want you to know that  I love you dad so much that I can give the turtles away if it would make you feel better.  I love my turtles but I love you more. I pray for  you every night.

OK I'm sorry let's go with the blog. I feel sad when my dad hurts because he can't do stuff with us like he use to.  I miss it very much.  I remember when I was told 3 years ago my dad had cancer. I was sad then and I am still sad now.  The bad thing is, my dad has to stay home now when we go out.  It makes me feel a part of my family is missing and things aren't the same.  Last year my dad was able to play football with me and do other fun things and now he can't.  I wish my dad didn't have cancer and I wish he would get better. I know he will always have cancer and it will be a miracle if he get's better.  I get sad seeing him hurt.  I cry every night because I hate seeing him hurt.  Please God Bless my dad. 

So now, that's the end of my blog.  I appreciate if you pray for my dad.