Chugging Along

Ernie's pain is increasing daily.  Today, eating oatmeal literally brought tears to his eyes.  He told me he now understands the reason for the feeding tube and wants to learn more about using it next week.  We thought we might have another 4 or 5 days before we reached this point...

Despite his fatigue and pain, Ernie insisted we take our daily excursion.  We visited the B&O Railroad Museum (fascinating) and bought a combo ticket so that we could ride the train about 2 miles to tour the Mt Clare House. 

Ernie rides the train

B&O Railroad Roundhouse

Mt Clare Museum House

The original property for the house was purchased by Charles Carroll, an Irish immigrant.  His son, a barrister and one of the authors of the Charters of Rights for Maryland, built Mt Clare in 1756, naming it after his sister and his grandmother.  About 3/4 of the contents of the house are original.  It was well worth a visit.

I think our excursions are a great distraction but my challenge is obviously to get him enough to eat so that he maintains the strength to enjoy them as well as to conquer the treatments.