Cheryl starts her next 8 day round of chemotherapy tomorrow morning. As part of our preparation, we drained her remaining (left side) PleurX catheter this afternoon. It caused her considerable pain in her upper chest and shoulder blade area while the drain was suctioning. She drained about 140cc of fluid, up from the few drops of less than 10cc we've been seeing the last several times we went through the process. This may cause a delay in getting this drain removed since it will have to diminish and stay low for several attempts before they pull it out.
Cheryl is still in good spirits. I went grocery shopping yesterday and brought home four different kinds of ice cream. I believe she has already had servings of three of them. Her weight appears to be holding stable this past few days. We pray that she will continue to bounce back after this and the subsequent treatments like she has from the previous ones.
The weather forecast calls for rain several days this week. This will be our first rain in several weeks. Please pray for safe travels for Cheryl and the kind souls that are giving up several hours of their day to shuttle her to Savannah.
Hi Cheryl & Judd, I continue praying for you both. It should be less than a month and I can be down there. If it is ok with Curt I will help drive when you guys need help. I also sent a message on your email Cheryl not sure if you read that one much. So hope to see you guys next month some time. Love Kathy
ReplyDeleteSo glad to see the attitude of attack and victory. I'm sorry the drain continues to cause problems. We'll pray about that. Love you!
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