Dr. Fleming, Dr. Herndon, Marissa Gonzalez, and a new 3rd year medical student (named Zach) visited at
7 am.
Mom mentioned that she had pain despite taking pain medication an hour ago.
The doctors checked the dressing on her infection.
It looks good. We are still waiting for the bowel to wake up.
Dr.
Berlin will come in later today or tomorrow to discuss chemotherapy treatment.
They will probably need to wait until Mom’s infection heals before they can start chemotherapy. Infections are quite common after extensive abdominal surgery - nutrition is thrown off, so healing is more difficult.
In summary the two things holding up Mom's chemotherapy treatments are her bowel and the infection. Without the chemotherapy the cancer will continue to go untreated.
Meanwhile Mom moved on to a little more solid food - she took a bite of jello this morning.
A verse Mom enjoyed this morning Romans 4:18: "He beyond hope believed in hope in order that he might become the father of many nations, according to that which was spoken, "So shall your seed be."
Stephen
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