Its been a long weekend!!!!

Last week dad had his first chemo treatment of this round.  He did alright, but they said he had a reaction to one of the chemos.  The nurse told him that a human body can only take 8-9 rounds of this certain drug, well dad was on number 8.  The nurses said he did good and his body faught off the reaction pretty well.
Later on during the week dad had a pain in his left should which was getting progressively worse.  On Friday he went to urgent care, and he had a CT scan of his lungs, they didn't find anything and we ended up taking him home.  We had to go back on Saturday to get another CT scan of his brain and shoulder.  Everything came back negative (for more tumors), so this pain he is having is not cancer related.  It is an arthritic condition, he has lost about 50% mobility in his left arm and its very painful.  This week we will talk to the chemo doctor and see when we can see an orthopedic specialist about this issue.  This will most likely mean surgery.  BUT...dad doesn't want to do the surgery quite yet and mess up his chemo schedule.
This has turned into a very painful situation for all of us to watch, we are doing our best to make him comfortable and relaxed.  We are attempting to keep his pain under control and keep up with a regular schedule for his medications.  Dad is still having a hard time getting a good nights sleep, which is affecting everything!
Please everyone, keep dad in your daily thoughts and prayers!!!  I will keep everyone updated on what we find out later on during the week!!!!

"Do not dwell in the past, do not dream of the future, concentrate the mind on the present moment."

-Buddha