Well, that was a whirlwind!
Sara flew over every Thursday for Blood Draw/Dr Appt, Friday Fun Day was chemo and sleep then finally awake Saturday night for a couple funny shows. She has been pretty much horizontal the entire three weeks with Thursday being the best day and has experienced the usual symptoms. She counted up and realized she had not driven a car for 6 weeks since she drove herself over for surgery. She has developed a pretty strong aversion to pills but luckily we got a Zofran patch (nausea) and finally figured out Ativan could be crushed up into something since it is tasteless. Think giving Fido medicine.
I am not such a good nurse since my sister's willfulness is MANY times greater than mine plus she has her Woo- kind of like her own personalized Jedi power. Since my Woo is basically negative 4876, she wins a lot. I am just thankful to get my "turn" to take care of her, there is nothing worse than being far away from someone you love who is really sick and needs help.
So, yeah, it's good to be optimistic about chemo effects since they are not in one's control anyway, but Sara obviously did not make it to work at all like she planned. She is on leave until ????? We don't know. Dr Lin was happy about this and wants her to stay calm, he thinks her tumors get cranky when she is all stressed out.
Her amazing numbers (514 to 95 for tumor markers) makes it all worth while and we can't wait to see the next test since that was only after ONE treatment! Her all time low was 77 when all the doctors "oohed" and "ahhed" over her chart. She has a week off which is just perfect for...
Kickin' Cancer's Ass Hoedown!!!!!!!!
Lots of stuff to bid on, get your Christmas shopping done early or maybe win a door prize or try the raffle!! Food, music and lots of fun (you know it!). Be there Saturday Nov 3rd 5:30 to ? at the Granary by Evan's Bros. 524 Church Street. The building that will be shakin'! Lot's of handsome cowboys and lovely cowgirls so wear your boots!
Here's the FB page with more info:
https://www.facebook.com/events/264502983670875/
Thank you everyone! See you Saturday!
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