Tuesday, July 24th

Well, we had an up and down night. Connie slept on and off for about 2-3 at a time. She is being pumped with IV fluids so she needs to go to the bathroom often. Unfortunatly it is very difficult for her to get up to go and then even more difficult for her to get situated and comfortable back in bed. She has an extreme bloated feeling in her stomach preventing her from getting any food or drinks down. The bloating and discomfort comes from her liver. The good news is that the bloodwork shows that the liver is responding to the chemo, but in doing so it enlarges. If she isn't able to eat in the next day or so (it's been 5 days) she will need to get some IV nutrients. She also needs to work on breathing into a lung stimulator. It works by breathing in hard , to raise a disk inside the tube. I had one a few years ago when I broke my ribs. It works to keep the lungs inflating to prevent pneumonia since she is nonmobile. Let's pray that she is able to breath into the stimulator, eat and gain some energy so that she can come home soon.