Sandi continues to be about the same though she was a little
more lucid today than she was been earlier this week. She is running a fever so
they are now running antibiotics into her as well as the large amounts of other
fluids.
Other than that, nothing else has changed. She continues to
receive a radiation treatment each day. When she came back from that this morning,
it looked to me like she was moving a little better than she has before today
as she worked to get back in bed. Today was the 11th treatment. The
theory going in was that somewhere between the tenth and the fourteenth
treatment the radiation should start bringing down her inflammation around the tumor,
which would allow her to hurt less and move better. Even the nurse, who has been
working with her all week, thought Sandi moved a little better today.
The doctor was very blunt today that her only chance now is
something experimental down at MD Anderson in Houston. He also believes that
even if she was strong enough right now to participate in some study, she would
not qualify as there are far too many secondary issues. Needless to say, Sandi
is very upset and feels that the doctor has given up on her and is adamant she
wants to fight.
Having read the last Pet Scan report several weeks ago and
knowing things she does not yet know, I fully understand where the doctor is
coming from and why he is making the decisions he has made to this point. I
have lived with the knowledge of how dire her situation is cancer wise and
never told her any of it as I did not want to upset her. I am now trying to
figure out a way to gently tell her what I know without taking her will to
fight or crushing her spirit.
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Just too hard. I have no words.
Me neither. I am trying not to loose my mind.
It's really difficult. I suspect that, no matter what, Sandi will keep on fighting.
I agree with Jerry: Sandi's a fighter. But I feel for both of you because, as Bill said, this is a very difficult and emotional situation.
Glad to see that Sandi is fighting!
There is definitely hope!
It is a fact that there are people who have multiple (but shrinking) cancerous tumors and are managing it as a chronic illness after being told by the cancer doc: “Chemo and radiation aren’t working. So go home and die”. (Thanks doc! You get an ‘E’ for Effort!)
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