The last 2 days have not brought a lot of change. Of course mom had hoped to get her feeding tube out before now, but so far she has not been able to eat enough food to sustain her. Yesterday she celebrated the end of her chemo and radiation treatment by getting her hair done. the stylist really captured her upbeat and happy personality by doing a few minor changes and getting the color back to her "younger self". She looks great. It's amazing what a little pampering can do to lift your spirits.
She does experience some intense burning pain when she lays down to go to sleep. We've been told that is the result of the radiation burning the esophagus.
She woke early this morning with pain again, plus her temperature was slightly elevated. She spent most of the day asleep in the reclining sofa with the feeding tube running. This evening her temp was over 101 degrees so the doctor called in another antibiotic. They are not sure what is bringing the elevated temperatures especially since she just finished a 10 day regimen of a different antibiotic on Sunday. She has an appointment at the cancer center tomorrow so hopefully they can figure it out.
Of course now that she's had all the rest today, she figures she can stay up late and watch the BYU-Hawaii basketball games on TV!
Val
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Dear Karen,
Happy Valentine's! What a wonderful treat to have such a beautiful quartet sing to you. They sounded gorgeous. :)
Once again, I'm so glad you have such good support. Keep talking to those cells! I know it works.
It is so nice of you all to keep up this blog. Thank-you, to you and and your daughters for keeping us up-to-date on your progress.
You are being watched over by your angels.
With much aloha,
Rosemarie
Aloha Sister Hemenway,
I'm sorry you've not been feeling well these past few days! Just know with all the ups and downs that we keep praying for more ups!!!
With love and aloha,
Von and the BYUH 3rd Stake Family
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