Eat It Like You Mean It

When Roger was admitted to the hospital 2 weeks ago no one expected him to live.  He said he wanted a "no heroics" approach, meaning, he would get the T-cell infusion and allow the hosptial to treat his infections as long as treatment was not intrusive.  He did not want them to do anything more aggressive to save his life. No transferring him to intensive care, no feeding tube, no breathing tube... nothing like that.  They offered him food but didn't pay attention to whether he ate it or not.  They allowed him to lay in bed for two weeks. 

Today Dr. Peterson came in and gave us this message in no uncertain terms. The fevers are down, the infection seems to be getting resolved.  We still don't know if the T-cells are going to be able to start producing blood cells.  Until we see if that's going to work, we should proceed as if you will get better  So, eat.  Get out of bed and walk.  If you want to get better, this weight loss must be arrested.

I jumped in the car and went down the hill to a Carl's Jr for a double bacon burger.  Roger only half of it -- but even half is sure to have more calories than the chicken noodle soup he's been eating. 

When Finn Petersen says "jump," we say "how high?"