So uh. Yeah. Things aren't looking good.
My dad has only had three sessions of chemo; his kidneys went down to 13%, which was a drop of 7% since last checked and he was sent back home at 15% – which was two days ago. He's being sick etc, and so he now isn't drinking again, because who wants to drink when they're being sick?
This morning we cried together because he doesn't think he's going to last very long. He thinks the chemo isn't helping and only making him worse, that his body is rejecting it. He has to have dialysis which he doesn't really want. If he decides to have it, he would be traveling every day to have line drains, bloods and dialysis. Also he can't have chemo while on dialysis. I am pretty sure he's giving up.
He sees people walk in and out of the cancer ward, seeming perfectly fine and even drive themselves home. The fact that they can move so easily makes him sad because he can't.
I don't really know what to do. I'm not going to tell him that everything will be okay and that he'll get better, because I can't if I don't believe it myself. Things are far too bad for me to be able to be positive.
I thought I'd update. Plus, I just wanted to know if anybody else here has had kidneys that far failing and they've got a load better?
Thanks <3
– Dee.
dee4894 11 years, 10 months ago.
