Sunday Feb. 27, 2011 1:30 PM

Well that episode this morning hit pretty hard and pretty fast.  But the timing was good in the sense that both his GI doctor and the on-call oncologist were here at the same time to see it first hand. They both had immediate suggestions and he's gotten an increased dose of the long-acting anti-nausea and an injection of an immediate short term one, as well as pain meds and ativan which they feel will relax him some and help him rest more.  The GI doc really feels that an NG tube will be helpful to suction out the gastric juices in his stomach which may be contributing to the vomiting situation.  It's just a thin tube through his nose into his stomach, and Ed's not crazy about the idea, but I think he's willing to try anything to avoid the violent vomiting.   He's sleeping quite soundly right now - actually snoring, which means sound sleep for him.  He has been having a hard time turning off the thinking and getting much rest.  The doctors are seeing it too, and hence the ativan.  I think it really will help him relax, which is so important.  You all know Ed ..... he worries and thinks a lot all the time ..... almost always about everyone else and about business .... and lately about the world with all that's going on in Egypt, etc.  He watches FOX news every day and likes to stay politically up to date and world-affairs current, but honestly sometimes I think it agitates him too much these past 2 weeks.  It's kind of a double-edged sword .... it's good to have things to keep his mind off of feeling lousy.....but it's not helpful if it keeps him from getting any rest.  I've tried to occupy him by even offering to let him teach me how to play poker (he knows I'm lousy at cards....remember our cribbage game at the lake, Ryan & Aaron???)  but he'd really like to play strip poker (I think with some of the nurses - imagine that!), but today he has a male nursed named Ed - yes, I'm serious..... so we've tabled that activity for a later time.

I'm going to log off now and get a little bit of work done while he's sleeping - thank goodness for computers and our amazing Lloyd's Plumbing I.T.guy.  He has set us up with a laptop that links me to the office network so I can keep up with everything and reassure Ed on a daily basis of what's going on at the office.  I can even SEE everyone at the office with the remote camera log-in and when I have a chance, I will get the webcam up so Ed can say hi to the guys at the shop.  This amazing technology allows me to be here close to Ed and yet keep up with my work at the shop.  What a gift!

Thanks for the updated comments..... will read more to him this afternoon when he wakes up.  I'm hoping he'll feel like watching the Academy Awards tonight.  Hope you enjoy them.  I'll send an update later on.