Category: The Doctor’s Office
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Our Second Home, Rainforest Crunch, and the Ninja
When last we checked in with our heroine, the cancer center had revoked her parole and she was back in the hospital. That was mid-day on Monday; as I write this Saturday morning we’re still in the hospital. On a good day the hospital is a very boring place. On a bad day… let’s just…
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Admitted… again
Angie was fighting with her fever all weekend after being sent home Friday morning from the hospital. She was a wreck this morning when I left to drive up to Leesburg, unfortunately for good reason. The cancer center brought her back to check blood counts early this afternoon and they were very low; so they…
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Some Sort of Routine…
We recently passed the mid-point for Angie’s chemotherapy so it seems a good time for an update. I know it’s been a while, sorry ’bout that! Last Thursday (not Thanksgiving, the one before that…) was her 4th session, by far the worst to date. She was so wiped out last weekend that she couldn’t manage…
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Bone Scan Results
Just a quick note- the results of Angie’s bone scan last week came back clear as well. With all of that behind now, on to Chemo… We still expect she’ll start on Thursday, but given the amount of pain she is still in from the surgery I don’t know. The doc said he doesn’t want…
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Chapter 2
We met with our Oncologist Friday for the first time to get an idea of what treatment for Angie is going to look like from here. From here out he’s pretty much our guy. He’ll coordinate the rest of her care… That’s the good news; we really like our doctor. Before starting treatment she’s scheduled…
A Spring of Joy 