Update from Elaine
Dear friends and family,
It's been a good day overall. We are so thankful and marvel that Kate's nausea was minimal most of the day despite the high dose chemo yesterday. She has only needed a little morphine this morning and at bed time tonight for the pain at the broviac site. Kate was much more fatigued today - a common side effect of chemo. She did some napping in between her baths, but was also able to enjoy visits with friends at lunch time and again this evening. These visits were a bright spot in our day and helped make the long hospital day pass a little faster.
The second day of chemo began and 2:00 and finished about 6:00 this evening. At bedtime tonight the nausea increased, so we added a dose of another drug to quiet Kate's stomach. Request: Thursday is a day of rest prior to the transplant Friday afternoon. Please ask that it will indeed be a quiet day of rest and that the nausea will have quieted by morning.
Kate has found that food has no taste (probably a result of the chemo) so eating today was a bit of a challenge, but she did her best to get a little something down at each meal.
Request: Please ask that Friday's transplant go smoothly. Ask that Kate not experience allergic reactions and that her body readily accepts the stem cells and that they find their receptors and begin their work in supporting the recovery of Kate's bone marrow so that her WBC's and RBC's return to healthy levels. Please pray that God will prepare and guard our hearts, minds and Kate's body for transplant day.
Request: Please continue to ask that Kate be protected from infection as her counts drop drastically as a result of the chemo.
We're looking forward to a visit from Maggie and Maggie's good friend Jordan and her family tomorrow afternoon. We've missed our drama princess and can't wait to spend some time together.
We are truly being carried by your prayers. Each day we marvel at the answers to prayer we are experiencing. Thank you for standing in the gap for us.
Carried by grace,
Elaine
It's been a good day overall. We are so thankful and marvel that Kate's nausea was minimal most of the day despite the high dose chemo yesterday. She has only needed a little morphine this morning and at bed time tonight for the pain at the broviac site. Kate was much more fatigued today - a common side effect of chemo. She did some napping in between her baths, but was also able to enjoy visits with friends at lunch time and again this evening. These visits were a bright spot in our day and helped make the long hospital day pass a little faster.
The second day of chemo began and 2:00 and finished about 6:00 this evening. At bedtime tonight the nausea increased, so we added a dose of another drug to quiet Kate's stomach. Request: Thursday is a day of rest prior to the transplant Friday afternoon. Please ask that it will indeed be a quiet day of rest and that the nausea will have quieted by morning.
Kate has found that food has no taste (probably a result of the chemo) so eating today was a bit of a challenge, but she did her best to get a little something down at each meal.
Request: Please ask that Friday's transplant go smoothly. Ask that Kate not experience allergic reactions and that her body readily accepts the stem cells and that they find their receptors and begin their work in supporting the recovery of Kate's bone marrow so that her WBC's and RBC's return to healthy levels. Please pray that God will prepare and guard our hearts, minds and Kate's body for transplant day.
Request: Please continue to ask that Kate be protected from infection as her counts drop drastically as a result of the chemo.
We're looking forward to a visit from Maggie and Maggie's good friend Jordan and her family tomorrow afternoon. We've missed our drama princess and can't wait to spend some time together.
We are truly being carried by your prayers. Each day we marvel at the answers to prayer we are experiencing. Thank you for standing in the gap for us.
Carried by grace,
Elaine
posted by Tracy @ 7:28 AM
1 Comments:
At 7:47 PM,
Anonymous said…
You keep on we will cover you in prayer..Love you all
Patti K
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