I am really glad we got to have the weekend because Andrew by Tuesday the vomiting and diarrhea increased and by Wednesday Andrew had to be hospitalized.  He was in a lot of pain which the doctor attributed to an abscess in his colon.  He was also throwing up about 4 times a day.  This is one of the very few times Andrew admitted that he was in pain and cried from it.  He was dehydrated and still throwing up way too much, so he had a tube put in his nose down to his stomach to suck the bile out so there is less to throw up.  He is getting antibiotics by IV to help heal the abscess and avoid infection, it will not be lanced.

We got the GI results back too…his whole GI tract is poisoned and has been attributed to the chemo, but nothing else.  The pathologist said his digestive tract cells are dying rapidly very much like someone after a bone marrow transplant when the marrow attacks the host.  This will not be resolved until months after the chemo is finished.  We are hoping to get his GI to at least slow down and repair enough that we can start his feeding tube feeds again soon when he can absorb some of the nutrients.  I don’t know when we will get out of the hospital, but Andrew will not let me leave the hospital anymore, he gets incredibly upset and starts crying if I even say I need to leave.  I know it is because he feels so bad, but I am hoping he will soon feel better and will be able to be himself again.