THE BACK OF THE MEDIC

30 July 2004

OK. I think I am up to this, so… Monday night, Rory was throwing up from midnight until about 6 AM. Pretty constant. If he swallowed anything, it came back up. Even water. His sugars were having problems, going very low, since he wasn’t able to eat. Around 8 AM Tuesday morning, he was hurting [...]

29 July 2004

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At 10:20 AM this morning, Rory passed away. I am at a loss for words right now, but will post again soon.

27 July 2004

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Last night was rough. Rory was sick all night. Even Zofran (an anti-nausea drug) didn’t help. And he may be vomiting up some blood now.

27 July 2004

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Today has been really hard on Rory. He was hurting so much during dialysis, it took morphine and dilaudid to control it. And now, he is whacked out due to that amount of narcotics he needed. And on top of that, he is spiking a fever of 101-102. That *could* be from the narcotics also, [...]

24 July 2004

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Rory is still in a lot of pain. Last night was rough for him, as he needed morphine just to get sleep (get away from the pain). He was dialyzed early this morning, and shortly after starting dialysis, his pain jumped up to 7 out of 10 on the pain scale. So, more morphine. Which [...]