Update

Well, she is still getter stronger all the time. From dancing at Zak's wedding, taking walks, and more, she is constantly improving. She had chemo on Monday for the first time in three weeks. Her liver has improved and is staying about the same. She is a trooper.

Doing great

Her liver function is BETTER, she is no longer retaining water, and she is feeling pretty good.  She has made leaps and bounds in her recovery and continues to amaze her Doctor and the rest of us.  

She is gearing up for a busy Christmas along with the wedding of Zak and Katie taking place on the 28th.  It is going to be a busy rest of the year, but she will do great!

Merry Christmas!

19 pounds lighter.

After getting her abdomen drained, the holes sometimes fail to heal for a while.  So, with an open hole in your abdomen, you are going to have some fluid loss.  This week she had 19 pounds of it!  Her belly is defiantly wanting to get all of that extra fluid out and so it has a steady drip at all times.  Messy and annoying, but her belly is looking small and feeling soft.  A welcomed change!  We are thinking she is going to look pretty good at the wedding in just 29 days!!

Today the doctor said that her counts were still a little low, but her liver function is looking better which is what we want.  She chose to skip chemo again this week but should have it next week.

Giving Thanks!

The whole family together for Thanksgiving!

Treatment.

We went to the doctor yesterday and they told us that she is doing about the same.  Not better, not worse.  She was able to get her chemo, just in a lower dose.  She is giving her lasixs (water pills) to hopefully drain more of the fluid that she is retaining.  We are hoping it helps because all of the fluid is making her pretty uncomfortable.

She also got a new recliner to sleep in and lay in to make her more comfortable at night.  She is WAY excited!

Mondays doctor appointment went pretty much as expected.  She is still doing about the same.  She was not able to get treatment because her counts were too low, and will likely be going in for a blood transfusion next week.  Her biggest complaint right now is all of the extra water that her body is retaining.  She went in Wednesday and got another 4 liters drained, but there is still a lot more in there.  Her legs are very large and swollen making it hard and painful to walk around.  

She will go back in on Monday and hopefully be able to get treatment at that time.

On a good note, she is feeling much more energetic and doesn't even take naps anymore, and huge difference from a few months back when she slept 20 plus hours a day!

Feeling better

She is starting to feel a lot better and is feeling like she is re-cooperating from her weekend.  She is continuing to take her anti-biotics and is resting up.

Doctor again on Monday.