This is the second time I have started this "dad gum" blog. I am on my son-in-law's computer and it keeps sending me somewhere else and the last time I could not find my way back. We are in Beech Mountain, North Carolina, finishing up our 15-16 month building project. We brought Kenny with us and he has done really well. He continues to be very confused. This confusion seems to be the result of the metatasis of the cancer from the bladder to the liver. According to Ginger, his nurse, the liver toxins will cause confusion and confused he is. We have had episodes prior to this, but this is a day to day happening. He was not sure where he was or why we were here. He thought we encountered some kind of emergency on the trip up here and wanted to know what the paramedics had to say. He thought Larry was going back to the Inlet yesterday when he went to town. But I will say that he is sleeping through the night and sleeping a total of 14-15 hours at night. He awakes about 6:30 or 7:00 AM very wet but alert and ready to get dry and go back to sleep. When he gets up later, he is far more alert than before. At this time (5:30 PM) he is dozing on the sofa between ready his novel and the Charlotte Observer.
We are having glorious weather here - 70s versus 90s at home. We have had rain, of course, but all the windows are open and I am glorying in the cool air. We are here for a week to locate and iron out any "bugs" prior to turning the house over to the realtor for rentals. It is a great house, if I do say so myself. We have picked up some real bargains to furnish it and the furnishings are really special, I think. We hope the renters will agree. I will say that the kitchen is just fabulous. I love it and am going to hate to leave.
Kenny seems to be winding down. He spends much more time sleeping. Our quest is to make his last months or weeks or days as comfortable and as pleasant as possible. He is reliving much of his life in California - hunting, fishing, boating. Each "fantasy" is somehow related to one of those things and it continues for days. But at the same time he seems to be very present. It is an oddity to me. He knows people but doesnt remember present circumstances.
We are presently, as of two days ago, battling blood clots in the urine. Our really important goal now is to keep that bladder irrigated so that the clots continue to come out rather than blocking the ureter. We do not want to have to hospitalize him which we might have to do if we have to catherize him, so please pray that we will be able to avoid that. We will keep you posted as we go on. Stay tuned....
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