Mike has developed a very congested sound in his lungs.  He has been on Levaquin, an antibiotic, since Thursday, but last night he developed such a rattle when he coughed.  He hasn't been able to get very much phlegm up so we called the oncologist on call this afternoon, and he gave us permission to use Robitussin DM along with the other two medications prescribed for these symptoms.  I'm hoping this will begin working, and help.  Otherwise, I'm concerned pnuemonia might settle in.  He's not running a temperature at this point, so I'm hopeful we might be taking the extra percautions before this getting out of control.  At least his dizziness has stopped.

Mike slept until noon today.   He didn't have a very good nights rest last night.  He has been lethargic, even though he has eaten fairly well, and has been visiting with family later this afternoon.  Tonight, I found some high protein, chocolate, Boost shakes, we're going to give a try, to get Mike's protein level up.  That was what we were told needed to happen, to help repair the break down of skin on his backside.  He hasn't been very fond of the protein bars we stocked him up on, but I'm hoping we can find ways around all that.  I'm trying to get peanuts, peanut butter, meat, cheese, and other items into him.  He'll eat, but just small portions.

Tomorrow, Mike has a big day planned.  First, we are getting to have a small visit with a former coworker of Mike's, in the morning.  They lived in Houston and got us out and about when we were down there for 6 weeks at MD Anderson's.  They have since moved to Dallas and had a little boy in July.  So this will be our first visit with Samuel and we're anxious to meet him.  Then later on, if Mike is feeling well, we're planning on going to a little get together out at our sons home, with all the family.  It is Matt's only day off with the outage going on.  Thankfully, it landed on a holiday so Jill and Zac could be off too.  It should be fun watching Drew and Ethan interact with Mike's sister Lynne, and her husband, Charlie.  Ethan has become quite the talker and Drew has so many cute mannerisms too.  It's such great therapy for Mike to be around them...although I pray for protection over Mike and I, as Drew and Amber, have both been ill the past couple of days.

Please continue to keep Mike in your prayers as we try and clear up this congestion he's having.  We appreciate your love and concern so much.