June Update on Vic's Progress

I'm sorry I haven't updated this blog in a long while - there has been so much going on.

Victor's recovery is basically at a standstill. He's having problems eating and drinking liquids and what he does eat, he's not digesting properly. He's lost about 40 lbs since the surgery. He's also extremely tired all the time. Vic saw the Oncologist in Morristown 2 weeks ago and he referred Vic to a nutrition doctor. This doctor confirmed that Vic's immunity levels were very low and he is at a high risk for getting infections or worse, the Swine Flu. The nutrition doctor is pushing to have Vic admitted into Morristown Memorial next Friday, June 12th, for 3-4 days, to have another Port inserted in his chest and then be given IV nutrition. He will have to have this liquid nutrition given daily for about 12 hours a night from now on. This can be done at home after he's released from the hospital. The doctor believes he may also have some type of blockage and may require a tube inserted in his stomach to drain it. This is very discouraging to Victor because as everyone knows, his main love in life is "food" and since I love to cook for him, this is upsetting to me as well.

Tomorrow, we have to travel back to Mercy Hospital in Baltimore, to have his temporary blood clot filter removed. We expect to be back home by Saturday night.

To continue this nightmare of a saga, two weeks ago, we found out that Victor's mother also has liver cancer. She is currently being treated with chemo pills and has not had a reaction to them so far.

And, last week, one of our grandsons was hospitalized with a severe infection in his leg - and after he was sent home with oral antibiotics, he developed a reaction to them and now has hives on top of the infection.