Thanks to everyone for your support. When I do get overwhelmed, I keep reminding myself of what I went through when we found out about the OC...knowing that we were able to get through that has given me some strength.
I keep reminding my husband, too, that somehow we WILL get through this. He was SO down yesterday and this morning and was resisting tube feedings, but I had to be firm. With the recent abd pain he is reluctant to do a whole can at one time, so we are doing 1/2 cans at more frequent intervals and he seems to handle that.
We had a scare tonight where his abd started to hurt again so I was running around packing bags and getting ready to go to the hospital. It was a frantic time...trying to contact our house sitter and making sure I wasn't forgetting what to pack.
He managed to pull through and seems a bit more alert and getting back to his "post therapy" self.
Now that things have calmed down I'll have to do a more organized "repack" because he will be having to go to Oahu soon. We want to avoid, if at all possible having surgery in Hilo. If worse comes to worse they could remove his gallbladder here, but he would need a second surgery to remove part of his liver and for that he needs to go to Oahu. We just want a single surgery , of course, so he needs to stay healthy and hopefully avoid any more problems.

Vicki