Well it was confirmed that my dad did have a pancreatic attack/pancreatitis. As it turns out the very fatty diet they had him on (not his usual diet AT ALL) because of the chemo, caused his pancreas to flair up. He has had pancreatitis before, years ago, causing it to be his "weak link" if you will. Pancreatitis, treated promptly, is not really a big deal (other than be PAINFUL that is), but even a cold is treated quite seriously while undergoing chemo. SO they admitted him, and kept him on a liquid diet until the inflammation went down. Once the attack subsided (by yesterday) they let him slowly work his way back onto solid food, and since he was able to keep the solids down, he was able to return home this afternoon. No worse for the wear, I guess.
The downside to this "minor" setback, something I'm not sure he told anyone else, is while doing the x-rays they found some "spots" on some bone in that area, and decided to do bone scan, because it could possibly be more cancer. They'll know for sure in a couple days. We didn't really talk too much about it, so I'm not really clear on what that means. If they were pretty sure it was, not sure at all either way, or just being safe. So I guess it's just more wait & see...
At least he sounded good, and ... I keep forgetting that soon I won't be able to hear his voice at all. Wow this whole thing sucks. I just wish I knew that he was going to be OK.
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