Cheryl had a rough morning. Still fighting the nausea and headache, she only had a few bites to eat up through lunch time. They got her on an IV with fluids as the day progressed and this seems to be helping the nausea quite a bit.
They took her down for the lumbar puncture (spinal tap) today but we have not yet received the results of that biopsy. The good news is that she had enough pain meds in her that she barely felt the local anesthetic they gave her before doing the procedure. Cheryl did not have the planned mammogram today so we are expecting that to happen tomorrow.
Dr. Burke came by and spoke with her this morning and explained how rarely he has seen brain metastases with ovarian cancer. He said that she is responding well to the current course of meds and that we will know more about what is going on when we have he other test results. I went to work today so I did not have a chance to ask him any questions.
This evening Cheryl was able to eat part of a serving of mashed potatoes with gravy and about half a chicken tender. It stayed down and the fact that she was finally able to keep something on her stomach did perk her up a bit. I left out a little before 9 PM and she was already drifting off to sleep. I'm so glad that they are finally getting the headaches and nausea under control.
Please be in prayer that this improvement will continue. Also, pray that the results of the lumbar puncture will not show positive for cancer.
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