I came back to the hospital today around noon and it was just in time to look at Van and know things had turned for the worse. He was so nauseous he couldn’t move. We got him some medicine and a few hours later it was still bad so they gave him something else and then a few hours later they gave him something else and he said it made him jump out of his skin. I left for those few minutes to get something to eat and get a cord for my camera so I could post these pictures and I missed his bad reactions to the medicine. He said on the last bad reaction his whole body started twitching and jumping. I can’t believe I keep missing the exciting reactions. ** So now that they have given him all this medicine he is sleeping VERY soundly. They woke him up to get his vitals and he said his nausea is at a 5 on a scale from 1-10. It was a 9 (which usually means a 12 for normal people).
**I say this because when I was in the ER (both times) having my heart stopped, Van was disappointed that they weren’t using the paddles to stop my heart. I guess we both enjoy living on the edge.
We really thought we were going home from the hospital tonight but I guess not. He has to be off of I.V.’s, eat, drink, and take pills for at least 24 hours. He hasn’t done any of that today. So we’ll be here for at least two more days.
His sisters came and stayed with him last night, while I was in Tooele, and brought him some BYU fleece material and they all tied a large double sided blanket for him. He is so happy because he is always cold and this blanket is extremely warm. GO COUGARS!
A BYU Fleece Blanket that Van and his sisters tied last night
On December 30, 2009, Van was diagnosed with CML (Chronic Myelogenous Leukemia) in blast phase which will require a bone marrow transplant. A match was not found in a sibling or non-related donor so he was scheduled for a double cord blood transplant on May 14, 2010. Due to complications, he passed away at 2:38 p.m. on June 9, 2010.
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