A side effect of radiation or all the meds...

Yesterday morning, Pablo woke up and could barely walk. His legs were aching from his hips right down to his toes. From his hips to his knees it felt like muscle spasms and from his knees down it felt like his legs were going to snap in two. He couldn't have his legs touch each other when he was laying down. This leg pain was making him tense up so much that his abdomen is killing him from tightening up for the last 24 hours. Pablo went for his 3rd last treatment yesterday and stayed a few hours longer to discuss this leg pain with his pain specialist and with the oncologist on duty. No one knew why this was happening and the only recommendation was for Pablo to stop taking the Lyrica that he was recently prescribed.

This morning his legs are still quite shaky and he's going to go in for his treatment extra early today so that he can discuss this more with the doctors.One of the nurses drew some blood before we left the hospital yesterday so who knows what that will show...

I had to bring Simon to the hospital yesterday and he was a big hit! Am I ever glad I took this week off work...

UPDATE: Pablo just called and they are admitting him for the next 3-4 days. They've determined that there is something wrong with his kidneys. They want to get to the bottom of the kidney issue and the leg issue. This really sucks.

UPDATE #2: Pablo is going to have an hour long MRI tonight of his head and spine. The doctors want to make sure that he doesn't have a spinal lesion. Did I mention that this really sucks?