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.

ER visit

Thursday we went and had 4.4 more liters drained.  She felt so much better afterwards.

Friday she was really sick all day long and wasn't sure what was wrong.  By Saturday she had a fever and was throwing up and ill.  She went to the ER where they ran tons of tests on her.  They think she may have an infection from the drainage and had IV anti-biotics.  They wanted to keep her overnight and give her red blood cells because she was so low but she choose to go home instead.

Today, she is feeling a lot better.   I will post an update tomorrow.

Results

Doctor said that he tumor marker has gone down (which is good), although it may not be accurate.  Her liver function has gotten worse.  Not the best news or what we had hoped for, but she seems to be doing better, and that counts for a lot.