Gramps Hospital Update 6/19/08!

Just wanted to give a quick update on Gramps. He went in for a new kind of chemo treatment on Sunday, hoping to only be there for 2-3 days. In the meantime, they discovered he has a little pneumonia. It is nothing serious, and has been caused by swallowing food down the wrong tube. They did a swallowing test on him, and everything is fine, he just has to be sitting straight up when eating. They also feel that since his muscles have gotten so weak from sitting so much that he needs to go to a physical therapy rehab center for a week or so until he is stronger, so he doesn't risk falling again. He will be going to Health South when he gets released from the hospital hopefully on Saturday or Sunday. The chemo is not flushing out of the kidneys as quickly as they would like, which is the reason he is still there. They hope to release him soon. He went for a walk this afternoon and did really well, so hopefully he won't be at the rehab center too long. He is anxious to get home and moving, as you would expect.