Sunday 8-8 and Monday morning...

Well we were waiting and waiting for the hospital to call Sunday to say they had a room, last time they called at 8 am so we were thinking this would be early too...nope. We waited. Tony went and picked some of the garden, I fried the cabbage he brought in with the fresh cayenne and ham. OMG this was soooo good! Tony ate ALL of it! Tony has been having some pain in his right side/back since Sat. evening, where his kidney WAS. This pain got a lot worse today and he has had to start taking pain meds to control it. (They are doing a CAT scan in a few minutes to see what is going on.) The hospital finally called and we left the house late afternoon. The room isn't as big as the last room :( but it has a great view and this floor is very nice anyway! Tony has lost about 8 lbs since he started treatment. I can tell his face and neck look thinner...it reminds me of the few weeks BEFORE we found out he had cancer 3 yrs ago. He just looks sick. It makes me so sad. They went to put in the double PICC line today and the tech couldn't understand why Tony dreaded it so much. He said this procedure always caused him pain. She put the needle in his right arm and then went to put the PICC in..Tony cringed and SHE felt what caused him pain. She felt that there was something wrong in this vein. Gayle, the tech said his right "basilic" vein has a bad spot, a bend, a rough lining or something. Something was stopping the PICC from going in smoothly. Tony had this problem last week and they pushed it in anyway (twice). He had this problem 3 years ago and they put it in his neck instead of his upper arm. She used a different vein and there was no excruciating pain and the Picc went in fine. NOW we know. Now we wait to see if he gets his IL-2 today.....I will post tonight