August 20, 2009 2:20 PM

Here is the latest from the emergency room visit from a 10 hour day yesterday:

As you may have guessed, the cancer specialist was on alert that due to the bazaar behavior for almost two days, that the cancer might have spread to the brain and ordered a brain scan. Great news that no signs of cancer have showed up there. A good thing to have checked.

But, John was told from the very onset of this cancer to not let his pain level get to bad, before he takes morphine as it can't work from arear, so to speak. So, "you must take something every 2-3 hours in order to keep the pain under control." But, what he didn't know is, when the pain was out of control and he was hospitalized for 8 days, they had to put pain patches on him, which distributes pain meds constantly. Then, if for some reason the paid "breaks through" the patch, meaning the patch release was not sufficient enough to control the pain, THEN he could take one of the morphine. Well, he didn't get that straight and was still taking pills every 2-3 hours, until he was getting confused and then took them when he thought he hadn't, took them because he thought it was time, etc, etc, even when he was not in pain, but thought he was controlling it by taking them. Well, you know what happened from here. After 24 hours, his mental state returned and I can actually hold a conversation with him.

We came home and he went right to bed, but started to throw up every hour and couldn't keep anything down or get rest. Even though this chemo is not suppose to even make you nauseated, let alone throw up, he was. So, today I got a Rx for nausea and as of 11:30, he hasn't been throwing up, just sleeping. I'm glad he is making up for the lost sleep he has had.

For now, we're just holding back from visitors, until I know he doesn't feel nauseated or throwing up. I make certain he is getting your messages, no matter what form they come in.

Thank you for keeping up with us.