I, Rachel, was much encouraged to see Mother in much better
shape than when I left her after Christmas. She is much more alert now that her
pain medication dosages have been changed to 12 hourly doses with better pain
control. She still is able to only take small amounts of food at a time, but
she is making good effort to take as much as she can.
Today Mum went for her Chemo. They gave her a number of
treatments. The first one went well. The second treatment was a combination of
two drugs which they ran together. However, she had a full blown reaction to this
combination, which required drug intervention. They discontinued the rest of
the drugs for today, and did not send her home with the infusion pump. On her
next treatment in two weeks time they will reassess how she tolerates these
drugs which they will give separately and then decide whether to give her the infusion pump
or to change the regime. Nausea has already begun but there are various drugs
available to help with this.
My Mother was able to have an encouraging visit with a friend. (Dear Melissa, Mum was most encouraged by your visit – she will
write you about the significance of your choice of colour as well as the
flower!!)
--Rachel VandenBerg
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