Sunday was a surprising marathon day for Dad. By the time Mom got to the hospital, Dad had already been up and walking with the physical therapist. When Mom got to the hospital, she was expecting to see Dad in bed, where he always is ready to get started and cleaned up. When she walked in, he wasn't in bed. A slight panic set in until she saw him staring at her from the chair. Dad walked a marathon in the halls. He walked up and around the floor three times---or according to dad 500 feet. And he did it without pain medication!! He still has the pain patch on his chest, but he didn't have his extra pain medication.
He sat up and watched the Cowboys---of course he was grumpy since they lost. When he is back in bed, he works on his leg exercises, so they actually look more muscular today than they have in the last week.
Sunday night he had two small muscle spasms. He was a little surprised since he hasn't had any spasms in several days, but he also has had any oral pain medication in the last two days and has been doing a lot of walking. He isn't really sure if they are "spasms" or if it is just a reminder twinge of what he is missing. Either way, he wasn't thrilled they came back, it seems to be more bothersome on the right than the left. This morning he was working on stretching out his back and concentrating more on the right since that is where the twinges were more recurrent.
He will get his second dose of chemo on Monday, then they will draw labs on Tuesday and send him home.
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