Overall Lynn had a good day. Pain is more tolerable compared to yesterday and she was more alert. The temperature has gone down. She was able to eat more solid food. Progress!
Doctor from West Clinic visited today. He plans to conduct a few more tests while Lynn is here, including a special nuclear medicine scan whose name escapes me. This is of interest because of irregularities in Lynn's blood/urology tests performed on numerous occasions since August. This scan will confirm no small tumors exist in her abdomen and rule this out as a cause. These would be tumors smaller than what could have been detected through CT, Ultrasound, and surgical inspection. The doctor expects the scan to be negative.
In the hallway, I had some interesting discussions with a number of nurses today and received more insight on what the Whipple Procedure would have been like to recover from--so relieved it wasn't necessary! The good people that work on the Surgical Oncology wing really cling to "good news" as was evident again today. On Wednesday when Lynn came out of recovery, practically every nurse on the floor was at the door of her room when she arrived. A nurse said a good outcome like Lynn's is rare in their area. A war is waged with cancer on an every-hour basis here.
Thank you for your prayers and encouragement. Lynn has enjoyed hearing from you (I have too). Big game tomorrow....Forward Rebels!
Subscribe to:
Post Comments (Atom)
Great news! Give our best to Lynn.
ReplyDeletePlease tell me they at least have orange gowns there! :)
-Stephen
Wishing you one more day towards speedy recovery! The sun is shinning for you and Rogers. You have a wonderful man taking care of you! Lela
ReplyDeleteKeeping you in my thoughts and prayers, I am so thankful you are feeling better, yep the ol' "system" has to wake up, our bodies don't like being handled. Hope things are going better each day. Love you
ReplyDeleteTami and Jesse