Day 2: The green bean episode

Day 2:
WBC 1.9; Platelets 293

Richard had one setback but two successes today. He went past the point of nausea today. I' m not sure why, but three things prefaced the event: the new morning nurse did not give him anti-nausea medicine for 7 hours; the new physical therapist worked him around and made him walk down the hall and back even though he had just done so; and I arrived in his room with a cup of green beans right as he sat down after his walk with the PT. He looked at me and my green beans and. Well... I had been so pleased at managing the nausea up to that point. Sigh. I guess the smell of my green beans sent him over the edge. Oy vey.

But! Richard also had a couple of small successes today. After the G.B. episode, he ate three bites of applesauce, 1/2 of a mini-vanilla wafer, 3/4 of a cherry popsicle and one saltine cracker. I believe those represent the four food groups. He walked back and forth in the unit hall a couple of times, too, which was great. And he felt well enough to sort of watch two movies: Rounders (thanks, Alissa!) and Along Came Polly.

I love my new little digital camera, so I took some pictures of Richard's room today. Archeologists might call this research about a person's lived environment?

The Board











The Other White Board












Evidence of success?












The blur is not due to speed of subject...















Things we appreciated today: Calls from Nathalie, Jeff, and Kristen; a new CD player for soothing music; Alissa and Ryan's DVD collection; and free parking.

P.S. Short phone calls and cards are very welcome. I think the phone was "off" a couple of days ago, but that was unintentional.