Na, Na, Na, Na...Hey, Hey, Hey... Good-bye!

Sorry it's been a while since our last posting but we'll do our best now to play catch up.  The last half of last week was a rough one for Mom.  While the radiation sessions didn't take too long, she really struggled with nausea.  Friday she did return home to Dornoch, Ontario, where Dad took over from Monic as Mom's primary cargiver.  She did a lot of resting over the weekend and her appetite has slowly returned.  Today she did very well with food.  She was very much like her old self, enjoying a Mc D's burger and Mc Flurry with Dad.  We also said GOOD-BYE to her friend "Walter" the walker. She no longer "Ca-chunks" around the house!  But is walking around most times without any assistance (occasionally a cane).

Today and tomorrow are long days.  Today started with blood work at noon.  However, Oncology was EXTREMELY busy so she had to go down to the Out Patient Lab to have her blood drawn.  We then left for lunch.  Her next appointment was supposed to be at 1pm with Dr. Aboo but we didn't see him until after 2pm.  Like we said, it was VERY busy there today!  After meeting with Dr. Aboo, here is the latest:

• Her counts look good including calcium so chemo tomorrow is a go.
• They will do a full body CT scan before her next round of chemo in three weeks to see how things look.
• Since maxeran (anti-nausea drug) isn't working so well they are looking into adding Zofran to her daily medication regimen.
• Dr. Aboo is very please she is tolerating chemo well with no serious side effects like pneumonia or other infections.
• They are planning on 6 rounds of chemo and then continuing with maintenance chemo which will still occur every 3-4 weeks.  It's just a different type of chemo cocktail. :)
• She will have IV fluids readily available to her now so that the home care nurses can give it to her here, at home, when she feels very nauseated or just sluggish.

Please pray that the chemo happens swiftly and with little to no nausea tomorrow!

Hugs to you all!
Us