Long day

We left for the doctor's office before 8:00 this morning, and finally arrived home a few minutes after 5:00. (Blogger doesn't observe daylight saving time, so ignore the time posted below.) After 4 hours of fluid infusions, we went to an imaging center for a Ct scan, and we got good news. There is no bowel obstruction and no gall bladder disease. So the problems are strictly caused by the chemo, and now it's just a question of staring it down, probably for another day or two. The nurses tell us that they've had many patients on cisplatin who can't eat or drink for 10 days, and I'm still on day 8. (When you can't drink, you keep going in for more fluids. It works.) We're both very tired, and very thankful.

The doctor had thought I'd need to be hospitalized in order to get the CT scan, and he really wanted it done before the weekend. This is so much better, with all the flu in hospitals these days.

Thanks again for praying and caring.

Carol