PHEW!
I wish you all could have seen Nancy's eyes roll back in her head as she was finally able to eat something. that something turned out to be the "perfect" egg salad sandwich, not too much mayo, no onion, on soft rye. that and a couple of salty french fries dipped in mayo. We actually had to slow her down at one point which is a real turn around...
So, the nausea is at bay for the moment, the IV is back on and we'll wait and see how her next blood work comes out. If it looks good, they want to go ahead with the taxol and then the plan is to have her go into the infusion center for 3 or 4 days after each treatment for fluids, potassium and IV anti-nausea drugs.
I got busted trying to take some photos of the infusion center but will keep at it. I did get one of Nanc in her new hat. These hats are donated and hand-made bys some angel somewhere. "They just keep appearing" is the response we got when we asked where they came from.
She is so going to hate me for this one...
So here's what we learned this week (What day is it anyway?):
- Nancy went through literal hell the past week. Not imagined either!
- She can take it better than she thinks.
- We won't wait so long next time to manage the side effects when the first attempt doesn't work.
- We have a new course of action that everyone thinks will be much easier on her.
- That with the help of her new team, all of you and some renewed hope, she will get through this. Dr. Lang says so....
1 comment:
That does sound like the perfect egg salad sandwich. I love the hat! It really sounds like you all are getting excellent care and support at Cedars. I keep saying that, but I'm continually impressed. Of course, I'm impressed with Nancy too (you are doing great girlfriend!).
Thank goodness for this blog. It was the first think I checked this morning.
love, blythe
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