It's Been a Good Week

Cheryl has done well this week. On the up side, over the course of several days, she felt up to rearranging the pantry, mopping the kitchen and den floor, doing laundry, loading and unloading the dishwasher and giving the countertops a really good cleaning. She has also walked out to the mailbox and around the yard a couple of times.

She has had a couple of days where she felt pretty tired. She had one uncomfortable night and she has been having some pain in her lower back on and off the last few days.

She is scheduled to see the PA in the pulmonologist's office on Wednesday afternoon to have her PleurX drains removed. We drained them both on Thursday evening and only got a few drops from each side. Our hope is that she will then be able to sleep on her side if she wants to and not have to worry laying on the lump of drain tubes and gauze pads that she has put up with for so many weeks.

When she went to the doctor's office for her Coumadin check earlier this week, she has gained back up to 102 lbs (that's from being down to 98.4 last week). Everyone that sees her remarks on how well she seems to be doing.

We praise the Lord that several people are going to shuttle Cheryl back and forth to this next round of chemo. I've burned through a large chunk of sick leave during her diagnosis visits, surgery, hospital stay for the blood clots and the first two chemotherapy courses.

The plans for this week include another Coumadin check and CBC lab on Monday, an appointment with the pulmonologist office on Wednesday to remove the drains, and an appointment with Dr. Burke (gyn-onc)of Friday morning to make sure that she is ready for the next round of chemo to begin on October 25th.

Please be praying for another good week of weight gain and that the CBC(complete blood count) will be within acceptable range for the chemotherapy to continue.