Calcium Rich

This week has been a hectic one for Daryl. We have lab work on  Monday prior to his treatment on Tuesday. We anticipate a call late Monday for some potential lab work out of whack. No call Monday night, sweet . . .  thought!

Tuesday  9:30 Infusion Center. The early appointments are a challenge for the Lu house, generally it takes about an hour to get Daryl ready to leave.  Needless to say, the Lu’s were on time with backpack in hand and ready. Daryl has been feeling weak so we aired on the side of a wheelchair on our arrival to the Infusion Center.  We were first  greeted by Lisa, the Nurse Practitioner,  who  let us know his Calcium was very high (15.2)  and his hemoglobin was low (7.2) The decision was made to go thru with the immunotherapy treatment. Whew what a relief! He will also receive a  liter a fluid to help with hydration. During his treatment Daryl, needed to use the restroom, so as we did the short walk to the ” all gender” bathroom. Steps before reaching the door he began to shake, (high calcium level a can cause a type of stiffing (clonic) movement of his limbs) and he fell right down. Everyone was very concerned and helpful. He recovered and was able to  finished this treatment.

Wednesday: Round 2 at the Infusion Center for a 2 units of blood. Daryl had an entire repeat performance  the way to the bathroom. Luckily we now moved his treatment chair to right by the bathroom.

Early ( 1:00am) Thursday morning: I was not feeling comfortable with the way Daryl was looking and feeling. He needed more suctioning than normal and the color of the secretions were becoming more bright red, his blood pressure was high and his writing was more scribble. . . . time to visit our friends at Sharp ER! Daryl was a trooper to negotiate the night light stairs from our house to the car. Thankfully on our arrival there was only one person in the waiting room. Yes only one! We  were quickly escorted back to a room. Daryl was given blood tests, fluids, CT scan and x-ray. His calcium was  now was 16. . . congratulation you win an admission to the hospital! We were transferred to the 7th floor with awesome nurses. A few of the nurses Courtney and Kayla remembered Daryl from last year. Courtney was a Dodger fan and remembered Daryl in his Dodger gear watching the World Series.  They treated him like family. I reeducate them on his  lary tube. CLu was going home for a nap after 28 hours of no sleep.

Once I wake up I will update the blog! Sweet dreams