It seems like every time Mom goes in to the hospital that she stays quite a bit longer than we expect. This time is no exception. Mom checked herself into St. Mary’s on Wednesday the 21 because the chemotherapy and radiation were having such nasty effects on her systems. She was feeling better at first, but then over the weekend she took a step or two back, and her digestive system still hasn’t calmed down enough to allow her to go home.
Fortunately she has a lovely view of Lake Wingra and the sunset from her hospital room, and she has as many visitors as she wants.
Chemotherapy and radiation treatments have been postponed until she’s back up and running, and unfortunately, since she has over a week left of treatments, she’ll probably start to get sick again once those start.
Since she’s been off chemotherapy, her hands and feet are hurting her less and her mouth sores are healing. So that’s been nice. The down-side is that the radiation has caused some abdominal pain (zapping your gut doesn’t occur without some side-effects) and her alimentary canal is still very much out of wack.
So that’s the update for today. Mom is still in good spirits (if a little tired sometimes). She has a room full of flowers and sometimes family and friends, and all these conditions are caused by the treatment, which is hopefully leading us toward the removal of that pernicious tumor.
Althea, Bryan, Andrew, and Sylvia