Well, I started my fourth of five weeks of treatment yesterday. 18 days from today and I'll be getting my pump removed for the final time -- free of this treatment cr&%. Can't wait.
Last weekend wasn't quite the respit I'd experienced in previous off-weeks. I never really got to feeling that great. I was very tired -- sleepy and energy level -- and just never got going. I did head down to see mom at the Hospital for a while Sunday morning but had to wear a medical mask the whole time and was given a special back-door access so I entered the I.C.U. right next to mom's room rather than have to walk through the whole unit to get to her.
Mom's making progress, slow but sure. Off the ventilator and they're able to begin other tests to see what's going on. I think results are back on most of those tests today.
Unrelated to the I.C.U. visit because it started while I was there, I came down with a low-grade, 100.8 fever on Sunday. Had that all day but it broke during the night, leaving me drenched in sweat in bed about 3:00 in the morning.
Good news of late, though, I've been sleeping like a mad-man. About 15 hours on Saturday, 20 hours on Sunday, another 18-or so on Monday. This is kinda the opposite of the insomnia I've experience for most of the last several weeks. Still, it's not like I wake up refreshed and ready to tackle to day, though. That's what's crazy about this kind of tired. You never get over it no matter how much you sleep. Now, you may get to a point you don't need to sleep, but you're still tired. Hard to explain.
Unsure why but my neck has improved vastly in the last 48 hours. The redness has decreased dramatically, many of the blisters have disappeared and it's just not as sore. No good explanation from the doctors but I'll take it. On the flip side, my mouth is sore as it can be. Yawning really hurts and, of course, with all my fatigue lately I've been doing plenty of yawning.
Jenny's mom is going home today for a week-and-a-half. Getting a well needed break from us, I'm sure, and a chance to get things in order at home for a bit. They're having a Musical presentation dedicated to my Father-In-Law on Sunday. Bill passed away last December so Pat was certainly going to make it down for that. My Brother-In-Law volunteered to be my chauffeur this week so that free'd Pat up to take an extended vacation to her home. She's been a great help, though, so we'll be glad to have her back when she returns.
Enough for today. In the early going it feels like I might be able to stay awake more than a few hours today so maybe I'll be a quasi-productive member of the household for a day. We'll see.
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