Val’s been cooling her heels at the ER for over 6 hours and counting. They finally saw her around 9:00 and determined that yes, she could at this point benefit from oxygen. The current plan is for her to fly to Montana tomorrow, but it turns out the airlines require Continue Reading
CT results
Dear all, Dr. S just called to let Val know that the scan results show her cancer continues to progress. This confirms what her symptoms suggested to us. It also means she no longer qualifies for the Tarceva trial, so at least she can recover from that set of side Continue Reading
CT scan will be Friday
Because of the symptoms Val’s been reporting, the docs have scheduled her CT scan for tomorrow, Friday. We should know more next week. D
p.s.: kingfisher
A bit of bright news: my mystifying feet continue their steady improvement. On a good day, and there are several of those in a week, I am now able to walk a mile on a little nearby trail, without using my walker and without too much pain. The trail goes Continue Reading
sorrow and pie
My dears, It’s been a hard week or two. Val returned from Montana so glad to have seen her family, but exhausted and with a nasty cough. The doctor prescribed antibiotics, and Val felt improvement for a couple days, but since the weekend she’s been intermittently feverish, coughing more, breathing worse, Continue Reading