Bed

Hi, Merrill's been wanting a new bed for his back been hurting really bad so when I went to talk with Jay my counsel I told him about it so he called Alpine Health Care and they got hold of Doctor Day and they got hold of Orbit Medical, and they brought a Hospital Bed the next day, He enjoyed it that night and sleep very well in it he said. Well I hope everyone has a good Holiday tomorrow, and be careful driving.
Love Iris and Merrill
P.S. We had a nice visit with Joy Friday and Saturday, Anna even came down with their mother to see Joy. We just wish they were closer. Joy brought her little baby boy name Odysseus.. Saturday Karl and Carrie came up to see Joy and Anna, Neil and Meghan came over too, they too pictures. Odysseus is a cute little baby he wasn't afraid to be held by anyone . Well I will go for now.
Love Iris and Merrill

Merrill's Home

Hello everyone Merrill came home from the hospital this afternoon, They gave him three different kind of medication, and told him to discontinue some other medication that he has been taking, He will go back and see Dr. Wylie on Tuesday then he has appointment to see Dr. Day on Thursday. He's resting right now, he needs to use the walker and take it easy for awhile. His daughter Joy coming down on the 22rd, and bring the new baby it will be nice to see her. Well I will go for now and write later.
Love Iris and Merrill

results of hospital stay

Hi Merrill is still in the hospital. Yesterday the Doctor came in and told us that one of Merrill's glands near the kidneys have a some pressure on it and that is what making his blood pressure go down, so now the are giving him steroids hoping this will remove what never it is. And they are giving him extra fluids. Dr Rich ran Merrill's blood test and the marker's up a little but he said with what going on it probably the reason why. He said it is good that we took a break from chemo. He said that he will check it again in three weeks. I will tell you later if things are working out.
Love Iris and Merrill

Hospital

Hello everyone, Doctor Wylie just put Merrill in the hospital. His blood pressure been very low and they want to find out why. They will get Dr. Walker to take a look at him and tell Dr. Rich about what is going on. So he wiill be there till they can straighten things out. He is in the IMC UNIT in room E269. I will let you know later how things are going on.
Love Iris

Help For Merrill

Yesterday we got help for Merrill with Alpine Home Health Care, they will give him Physical Therapy and help me get him bathed. Also a nurse named Val will come out and check on him. The reason for this is he's been falling and I can't get him out of bed. I asked Dr. Wylie when Neil and Michael and I took him down to the doctors. Dr. Wylie told me to decrease his Coreg in half at night. Yesterday he fell back on his bed and started to shake and hit his head on the wall. I'm so stressed out that my blood pressure medication is not working, the Dr. may increase it. Family members and friends I just don't want Merrill to hurt anymore. He says he is fine but he is not, he is hurting a lot and gets dizzy and is tired all the time and sleeps a lot. He just doesn't want you to worry about him. I do know that you worry about him and I'm thankful for it.
Love Iris and Merrill

Visit Yesterday

Merrill went to the Cancer Center yesterday. We had Neil meet us there. We talked to Dr. Rich, he showed us the results of Merrill's CT scan. It shows that the tumors haven't grown very much since January.
We talked about when Merrill's sugar levels drop that he gets shakey and when he tries to stand that he gets off balance and sometimes falls. And that he's been feeling very tired the last two times he came in for Chemo. And Merrill fell Wednesday night. We all agreed with Dr. Rich that Merrill needs a break from Chemo. So he did not have chemo, Dr Rich will still take blood samples and test it. Then a few days later we will go in and talk to him and see how the counts and marker are doing and they will tell us if Merrill needs to start chemo again. If Merrill wants to start it. I will go for now and let you know later how things are going.
Love Iris and Merrill