Monday, May 19th 2014
Today's schedule started out with an appointment for a hearing test with Dr. Keith A. Kowal of Atlanta Allergy and Otolaryngology, in Peachtree City. Chemotherapy can effect a person's hearing so CTCA sent mom for a hearing test to get a base line of her hearing quality in order to monitor the effects going forward. She has been experiencing a swishing sound ever since her first chemotherapy treatment last week. According to Dr. Kowal, mom's hearing is pretty bad so he scheduled a follow up appointment in three months.After arriving at CTCA for mom's nurse assessment, we found out that she had gained three pounds and her blood pressure and pulse are perfect too which is really great news!
Our spirits were high and meeting with Dr. Oliva Burks made the day even better. Dr. Burks is a funny lady and explained a little more about mom's plan with the PEG/Feeding Tube. She also checked the healing of the tube and said everything seemed to be healing fine. She was happy that mom has maintained her weight but reminded us that soon due to her treatment, plan her body will start loosing weight because it will have work twice as hard and burn twice as many calories as usual. She recommended that mom start drinking the formula that is being delivered for her PEG Tube in between meals just to pack on as much weight and nutrients as possible. Luckily after we arrived home, she tasted one of the drinks and loved it.
Another day of information and hope!
The Charm of the Day is A Ring of Many Different Colors.
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