Wicked Wednesday

Brian has not had a very good day at all today. He woke up feeling a little queasy. I made him a shake and he took 3 spoonfuls and vomited. It's not the nausea that is getting him, it's the lack of secretions in his mouth. The radiation has totally messed up his salvary glands and he really struggles with that every day. He is constantly spitting trying to get the "gook" out of his mouth. He describes it as feeling like he has elmers glue in his mouth.

We went and saw the surgeon today. Brian will be getting a g-tube put in tomorrow. He is losing too much weight (15 pounds already) and has consistently been losing every week. It is a constant battle for him to try and eat every day. This will take the worry away and he can still take fluids by mouth, but he won't have to force himself to consume calories any more. He doesn't have any problems getting pop or water or any liquids down, it's just the nutritional supplements that bother him. I am really glad he is doing it, I will be able to get enough nutrition in him every day without any problems this way.

Even though we are at the tail end of his treatment, this will be the toughest time for him. I can see that it is wearing on him heavily.