Mom is doing well and finished chemo on friday. She did well but did have a few of the side effects such as nausea and vomiting. She now has three weeks off before she has to have another round of chemo. She is resting now and is waiting for her counts to drop so they can bring them back up. She is eating more solid foods such mac and cheese and cheerios. 

Other than finishing chemo nothing is really going on. Until i know more...

love jess

The entire crew that came out to celebrate Mom's  Birthday!! Just wanted to share the picture with everyone! hugs...

Mom is doing well with the chemo but is having a few side effects- such as being tired and confused. She also looses her function in her arms after a few hours into the chemo but goes back to normal after the chemo is washed out of her system. She is back to normal by the normal. The doctor says this is normal but it is some what frustrating to mom. She is doing well and is taking one day at a time. Her chemo treatments end on Friday and recovery is the following week. Her counts are normal and probably will not drop until the weekend. OK... that is all that has changed for now. until i know more...

love jess

Mom started her second round of chemo today which consists of two different kinds. She was given pre-meds before starting chemo and she is doing well. They really help with nausea, which she does not feel at this time. She did well today but is just really really tired. 

She had a great day yesterday with all of our family in attendance for her birthday. She was able to go down to the court yard to celebrate where we had pizza and cake.  

Things are looking great and she went for a walk today to the nurses station outside her room, which was excellent and the farthest she has gone. 

until i know more

love jess

Had a great day and a wonderful birthday! 

She had a new pick line put into her right arm which is available when she starts chemo. She is starting chemo on monday- they have postponed the start of her treatment because this weekend is her birthday weekend and alot of people are coming up to celebrate. She is continuing to do physical therapy and she is doing better with it. She is doing a little bit better getting in and out of bed. All and all not much has changed. She is doing very well. Until i know more...

love, jess

Mom has moved to a different room, 555 (still in gibson), because there is a lift in the room to help her get up if she needs to use it. She also went down to radiology, which they looked at her leg with the blood clot. Nothing has changed with the clot- it is still the same size. The doctor also said that there is a possibility for her to start chemo this friday. It is still up in the air. 

Until i know more...

love, jess

Mini update

Mom is doing well and not much has changed. The doc came in today and said that there is an adjustment to mom's chemo schedule- he will possibly start chemo on Monday, May 24, instead of this monday. Her mouth is still pretty sore which the doctor said it looks like a burn inside her mouth. He said that that is what he calls a chemo burn which indicates that the chemo is starting to wear off, which means that it is time for more chemo. She is doing well. Until i know more...

love, jess

Update May 12th

Hi everyone-

Not much has changed with mom and her treatment. She is having problems with having temperatures. They seem to come about in the late afternoon. She is still getting antibiotics and the docs are trying to figure out where the infection is coming from. Therefore, mom is having to give quite a bit of blood for cultures. She is also very weak and having a hard time even standing therefore PT is coming in and trying to work with her. She has a long road ahead but is doing well. Thanks to everyone for all of your kind thoughts.

until i know more...

love, jess

Update May 9th

Mom is doing ok-

We were able to celebrate Mother's Day together, which was amazing. She also moved to a larger room on gibson- room 561!

Some new updates- she has an infection in her blood and also in her bladder. They are treating it with antibiotics. She had the catheter taken out today because of the bladder infection. She also has the chills and is trying to get warm with multiple blankets on her. Hopefully, no fever!  She got some more platelets today. She still has a plug in her nose from the nose bleed and is still on oxygen. She also still has thrush so that is making it hard for her to swallow and eat- ice chips have become her new best friend. 

She still has restrictions of no fresh fruit, fresh veggies, or flowers. 

She is doing well, just tired, but is holding her own!

Until i know more...

love jess

update May 8th

A quick update-

Mom is doing better and she was moved back to gibson late last night. Her room number was changed and she is now in room # 567. She has gotten some blood products but is doing well. 

until i know more...

love jess

Mom has been moved back to SCU- she is holding her own! 

update quickly-

mom's counts have dropped so she now has restrictions on herself and the room. She is not allowed to have fresh fruit, fresh veggies, or any flowers. Although, fake flowers are ok! Also, anyone coming in have to wash there hands in the sink outside her room. She is considered nutrupenic (spelling is wrong-sorry), which means her immune system is non-existent. She received blood products today-which included platelets and red blood cells. She also has an infection somewhere so they are going to treat with anti-biotics, they think it may be a bladder infection. Still waiting on test results. Also, her blood pressure is low-so they are watching her closely. 

until i know more-

love jess 

Back up to Gibson

YAHHHHH!!!

Mom is doing sooooo much better and she is almost back to her old self. She can talk to us again and has her humor back. She is breathing better and is having sherbet and ice chips. She has developed blood clots in her legs so her legs are quite swollen. They are giving her medication to help dissolves those blood clots. She is also taking some diabetic medications because her sugar is high and that is from the other medications she is getting. Other than that she is doing so much better. At 1:15 AM this morning she was moved back to her Gibson room, room 569. YAHH. So happy that she is back in her old room. They saved it just for her! 

Thank you to everyone for all of your kind words, thoughts, and hugs. They really help. Positive thoughts really do work ! YAHH! 

UNtil i know more...

LOVE JESS

She has moved to SCU

Hi all! 

Things are not going well at all. Mom has moved to SCU (Special Care Unit) here at Maine Medical because of breathing complications and temperature. They called in a rapid response team and she was moved to SCU. At 4 am on saturday they determined she had: multiple bilateral pulmonary embolisms. She had a procedure on saturday where they put a filter in one of her main arteries to her heart to stop blood clots from traveling up to her heart. At this time she is resting here at SCU and we will be here for about a week. She has limited visitation times were people go into see her for a few minutes and then back to the waiting room. 

It is a day to day thing- each day brings more news. Hopefully, she will be able to go back to Gibson soon. 

Will keep you all posted. 

Love, Jess