Hip, hip hooray!!!! She was able to come home from the hospital yesterday! The pain is still very much there, but the change up in her pain medicines and the addition of the pain patch seemed to work a little better for her. She was SO happy to be able to come home.
She was supposed to go to Birminham for treatment this past Monday. Because of being in the hospital, she wasn't sure when she would go back. Her treatment nurse called yesterday afternoon to let her know she was scheduled for scans, chemo, and an oncologist visit today...starting at 8:15. So, she only got to spend a few hours at home resting, before packing and jumping in the car to head to Birmingham.
We always get that nervous feeling in our stomachs on scan days. The time spent between the scan and the doctor visit seems to drag by. All of the "what if" questions fill our minds. So happy to report tonight that her scans were good!!! Her cancer has not grown any, so this means that the chemo drugs that she is on are working!! Praise the Lord!!!!
It was so crowded today that she had to go over to the hospital for her treatment, instead of the usual Kirkland Clinic. She said it seems like everytime she has to go for treatment the number of cancer patients grow more and more. There is so much sickness everywhere you look.
She also met with Dr. Stewart, a pain doctor, today. Her oncologist and this new pain doctor have decided to give her a nerve or multiple nerve blocks to try and reduce some of the pain that she is in. They are going to discuss it with another team of doctors in the morning, and we should know more tomorrow afternoon. She will probably have the blocks done either tomorrow afternoon or Friday.
xoxo,
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