Phil also found someone last night that liked Gin and Tonic. His sister Anna's husband Mike. So Mike and him had one again last night, well, Mike had two. He really does like them. Phil sipped on his and then spit it out, this way he did not vomit it back up again.
On the 9th he was a bit confused at times so I cut out the ABHR salve that I was putting on him and he did no more vomiting on the 10th than he did on the 9th so we are done with that drug. On the 10th he was not confused at all but slept more.
He spends a lot less time awake now. He woke about 4 pm yesterday and was asleep again by 10 pm. He wakes during the day if you wake him to talk to him but he falls right back to sleep. Talking exhausts him so much that he says very little. He has learned to use sign language well.
It is tough to see him fade away like he is. Although he is comfortable physically he is in a lot of emotional pain. He never thought that this stage would last so long. He has not eaten since Thanksgiving and not much then. He has not had any type of bowel movement for almost two weeks. He has had only sips of juice, water and gin & tonic since he came home from the hospital. We once tried ensure but he vomited that right away. We once tried an IV but he vomited a lot when we gave him that. These are all things that the doctor told him would happen but we needed to try because he was having some bowel movements that were leaking around the obstruction and we hoped it might have opened.
We tried to stand him on the 9th but he was unable to do that. It takes all of his strength to lift his arms up over his head. We pray each night that his suffering ends soon. Yet I love this man and I want him here with me even just for that moment a day when he says "I love you".
Happy birthday to Phil 13 days early.
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