Baked potato

Since my posts have become quite depressing as of late I wanted to share a bit of good (or at least comical) news. Today David ate a baked potato in the hospital. I had a long talk with him last night as his PICC line continued to bleed and let him know if he wanted to continue to fight the beast that I was behind him, but that I needed him to really fight from every front. As everyone knows he has a PEG tube and hasn't eaten by mouth since September 18. I told him he needed to put food into his body and build himself up so this morning we requested soft foods to start in addition to the contiuous feed. So this afternoon they brought him a baked potato. He was able to eat it without aspirating or gagging. He was thrilled with that. Then about 30 minutes later he threw it back up. He didn't seem to care because he was tickled he got it down in the first place. He only had 3 weeks of radiation so other than really thick saliva and a bout of thrush, he should be able to tolerate eating by mouth. I know this sounds like a small thing, but it still is nice to know that he was able to do something he hasn't been able to do in months. Also was good that the chemo hasn't seemed to make everything taste bad either.
P.S. and update on David: He bled from his PICC line throughout the night. He recieved two transfusions of platelets. They wanted to remove the PICC, but after I reminded them that he bled for a week following his first PICC line and they knew they would have to replace it if they take it out, the doctor decided to try to salvage the PICC he has. So hopefully they will get the bleeding stopped. We have decided to try to get the doctor to let David come home for the holidays (or as close to them as we can get). Then after his next cycle of chemo he will go to long term care. David wants me to be able to go back to work in January and he is wanting to have the ability to rehab where professional staff will be there to support him. I admire him more than I can say. He is still pushing for the miracle. He is thinking in terms of hurdles right now. Thank you everyone for your kind words of encouragement I have needed them. This is the place I come when I feel so isolated from the world. I know my CSN family gets where I am coming from and it helps me not feel so alone.