Medical Update

So about two weeks ago Phil had his Celiac Plexus shot.
Not sure if its working too well this time.
Phil seems to be in slightly more pain than usual after his shot.
Of course Ava has been sick for the past two months (almost straight) so maybe he caught whatever bug she's been carrying around.

He's been in better spirits although with Ava being sick, we've sort of gotten lazy and have spent a good portion of our days (at least this week) on the couch watching TV and movies.

On the days he forgets one of the pain meds before bed it usually takes him about two hours to get up in the morning.

I see improvement. Even with these small set backs, what he's going through now is nothing compared to what he was going through three months ago.
He even complains a lot less!!!

Sometimes its hard for me to tell when he's in pain. He hides it pretty well. When it gets bad he gets a little snappy, but heck, I bite people's heads off if I have a headache.

So while we are entering the new year with high hopes that this year will bring good news, health improvements and everything else. Phil is still truckin'.

A new post!

Well its been about a month since I last did an update on Phil.

Phil recovered REALLY well from his surgery in November. YAY Phil!
His breathing is so much better. His nose doesn't run. His eyes aren't poofy. Best of all; No more snoring!!!

Phil had weekly doctors appointment with his ENT (Ear Nose and Throat doctor) for a little over a month. He has now gave the ok to go 2 months in between doctors appointments. Wahoo!!!

Phil has gone from about 3 doctors appointments a week to about 1! That's a huge improvement! His pain is still...up but he's doing pretty well with it.

We went out of town. He did pretty good! There were two pretty bad days out of the 6 days we were gone. One of the days, I was pretty sure we were going to have to seek out a hospital but Phil toughed it out and we all got through it!

Today Phil went to his first allergy appointment, EVER. Required for follow up so the polyps won't return, at least 10 + years!
The doctor (Ava's doctor too!) went over the paper work Phil filled out.
Then we got to the fun part!
They poked Phil's back 72 times and watched the prick marks for 20 minutes to see what he's allergic to.
Then they retested about 6 more specific trees.
And the test results came back.
Allergic to trees.
Allergic to most Nevada brush and shrubs.
Allergic to: Cats, Horses, Dogs, Feathers etc.
Pretty much to sum it up. Neti-pot
Can't mow the lawn, if he does he has to wear a face mask and take a shower immediately after.
Use A/C from May-October and avoid going out side.

So we now go back weekly for allergy shots (so he can build immunity) for about 6 weeks then every three weeks for 6 months.
Excited and hopeful that these allergy shots will work. :)