Wanted to quickly post to inform those of you who may not have heard... Dad has been admitted to Decatur General Hospital until most likely Monday morning sometime. He had a rough end to the first week of chemo, it really did hit him hard. He was very tired, weak and just not feeling well on Friday. Early Saturday morning (around 2 am) he had gotten up and felt really dizzy. He tried to catch himself as he felt himself falling to the right, but didn't reach the door frame in time. He took a fall and landed on a table/box by the door and cut a pretty big gash in the back of his head! Poor Daddy! Mom called an ambulance to help her and they took him to the ER where he got stitched up. His blood pressure was very low so they ended up keeping him for that along with observation because of the head injury. He is having a tough time with the blood pressure and pain management so he is still there today and most likely will spend the night tonight. They are running different test to try and figure out exactly what the low bp is a result of so they can do something about it. It could be from the chemo, the meds, dehydration...several things. I am glad he is there while he feels this bad so that he can have constant care with fluids, etc. Hopefully tomorrow morning we will get some answers and get him home to rest more comfortably. Thank you for your prayers, I just wanted to let you all know what was going on. I will post when we have a plan as to how long he will be there and what they are going to do about the blood pressure problem.
Love,
Michelle
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