March 15th

Hey everyone, I'm sad to say that we had another little set back today. The doctor decided to try to take Kirk off of the IV medications and put him back on the same medicine in pill form. He started out good, even ate a good breakfast but by 10:00 am things started looking bad. His stomach started hurting and the nausea started to return. He visited with Harpo and Barbara for a little while but started looking pretty pale. By lunch while Allen was there everything broke loose. He was really sick so they had to start the IV medications again. This always seems to calm things down but he sleeps alot.

Later in the afternoon the Doctor came in and told us that at this point he does not think the nausea is coming from any of the treatments. Now he is concerned that there may be a blockage in the small tube coming from the stomach to the small intestines. This is also where they did a biopsy and found some cancer cells about a month ago. They are going to run the light down in his stomach tomorrow to see if this is the case. If so, there are two options, a stint or a small procedure that is usually used to correct an ulcer. If not, he said that we would have to try some stronger drugs to get things progressing.

Kirk was sad because he really wants to come home. But if this will get him to feeling better a couple more days is worth it. As soon as we find out what the deal is, I will let everyone know.

God Bless!