HI Gary,
Thanks for asking about Rick! He is doing better since this Monday when he had a PEG tube inserted.(I think reading about how much it has helped many of you gave him the encouragement to go for it!) IT was a really quick procedure and we even used it the same day. He also had a visit from a very nice home health nurse to show us how to use it...Wow! It was great care! And they arranged to have a case of Jevity deliivered right to our house. Awesome!

He had been losing weight and was so dehydrated the Dr. said he may have to be hospitalized. Eating hurts his mouth alot...he was even thinning out his Ensure with ice water...So far he hasn't dropped any more weight. Tomorrow is chemo day along with the radiation, and we will see how it goes.

LAst week he took the radiation therapists and chemo nurses some Esther Price Chocolates!....I know they need a little encouragement every so often, also. He isn't usually Mr. Sunshine if you know what I mean!

BTW, Our PACS is in the process of being installed!!!! I get so excited I can't stand it. It is probably one of the most significant changes I will have been involved with in my career (which began in 1975)....Some of the referring docs are already viewing x-ray over the internet..and they love it! (Did you happen to attend the AHRA last week?)