Oh NO! Not again

Since I've decided to put info back on the "blog" I thought I should try to start at the beginning.

Tim's last chemo treatment was Jan. 26. His chemo treatments went every two weeks for 6 months. He did ok with them - if you can call being sick at the stomach and diarrhea ok. His 11th treatment was rough and he had to wait an extra week to do his 12th treatment. It was done on Jan. 26. He was pretty weak and felt BAD for several weeks. The took out the port that was used for Chemo on Feb. 2. During his treatments he had developed a clot along the port - and they wanted it out as soon as possible.

He was pretty wrung out from the chemo and by mid-February he was not gaining any ground.

He had a GP doctor check up the 23rd of Feb. He noticed that Tim was pretty short of breath and had a tough time getting around in the office. Tim was fairly anemic from the chemo - and that will contribute to shortness of breath and put him on iron pills. As the week went by - Tim got weaker and worse. Lots of coughing; hyperventalation to breathe, overall could not get up to get from the bed to the shower or from the living room to the kitchen. We were told the iron pills would make him feel a little better in a week.....so the following Tuesday I was nagging for Tim to call his doctor. Well, he tried calling the GP on Wednesday and he was gone for the day. They need to outlaw Wednesday golf! I told him to call his oncologist - his health was just not going in the right direction. He attempted to call some number and got a busy signal.....SO, I picked up the phone and called.....and got right through. I started explaining all the symptoms - and we got an appointment for Thursday. They wanted him to have a CAT scan first and then come to the office. Well, he has to be pre-treated for a CAT and cannot eat before. I asked about both - but was told all was ok........ Thursday morning, on the way to the hospital they called and said it would not be a go because of the above. We rescheduled for Friday. On the way home, the doctor's office called and decided to see us anyway. He looked at Tim and said his condition was not chemo related - but he didn't have a clue. He sent us across the street for a chest x-ray. We took back the pictures and they said the lungs were pretty messy - he had pneumonia! He prescribed some antibiotics - and listened to his chest. He said he didn't really hear anything but nonchalantly asked how long he had a heart murmur? I gave Tim a panic look knowing there shouldn't be one. I asked about scheduling an echo of the heart - and he said why not take care of the pneumonia first - and go from there in a few weeks.........