Gary.

I took him to the ER because he has had an up and down fever for a week now with a new sounding chesty cough, sudden vomiting and extreme fatigue. I wanted a chest xray done because he had aspiration pneumonia once before. The chest xray was clear . They just put him on the EKG machine when they took him in. I dont know why, they had never done it before. They found no fluid but said without a baseline EKG they couldn't compare it to anything. He said some radiation damage can occur(stephens field was quit low treating nodes with XRT) They sent us home with no answerrs.
My biggest concern is still the fact that 3 weeks post TX Stephen sleeps all day all night. I cant force him up. He has to want to. He also talks to NO_ONE unless he has to answer questions or ask me for pain meds. He still does nothing for himself. I give him all his meds via peg four times a day and run the feeding pump and monitor his nutrition and give him hydration. Is this normal? Should he be doing for himself a little at this point? The fact that he can't even get out of bed makes me think he wouldn't be capable of it. He is on an antidepressant also.