OCTOBER 25

Another rough day for Gary... worse than yesterday. Sure hard to see him suffer! He was very sick today and could not eat in spite of anti-nausea drugs. This evening, he managed to eat a few teaspoons of jello and take a walk down the hall. Gary's MTX level was 19 this morning! His CR was 3.8, so they called in a Nephrologist. When she arrived, she told Gary that the doctors thought he might need dialysis, but she didn't think so. The doctors have ordered a different rescue drug from England that may do a better job of getting the MTX out of his body. Later in the day, the doctor on call, came in to check on Gary and I asked what caused the MTX to be so high. They are not sure. He said, "It is alarming". They normally only check these levels once a day, but did do another check later this afternoon and the MTX did go down to 7.9, so we are very relieved about that. His CR didn't change much so still a concern. The drug from England will not arrive until Monday. Gary's parents are driving up and should arrive very early in the morning. This is hard on all the family, especially for them to be so far away as we go through this. We appreciate all the calls, emails and comments on Facebook and this blog. Even though Gary was not able to talk much of the time, he appreciated the calls. We are comforted to know that people all over the world are praying!