Today is moms twentieth day here at Cancer Treatment Centers Of America. On our way to the center, we received a phone call from Radiation Oncology that they wanted to start earlier with mom so as soon as we checked in we were called back.
We started our day off in radiation and she has gained 2 pounds! Mom now weighs 113 lbs. We first met with Dr. Gullett, mom's Radiation Oncologist and Kathy McLaine, mom's Care Manager. They checked mom's blood pressure and it was dangerously low yesterday but today it seems to be a little better. They are still very concerned with her numbers and how dehydrated she is starting to get so early into treatment. We were instructed to work our way up by giving mom 30 syringes containing 60CCs of water through her feeding tube along with Gatorade mixed with water by mouth. Also rinsing her mouth with warm salt water after each meal and before bedtime. Dr. Gullett took a look at mom's mouth and throat and said things look to be improving . She doesn't like to use the word "better" because everything is red and irritated from the radiation. As we were leaving mom's radiation checkup, mom went in for her daily radiation treatment and we went for lunch.
After we ate lunch, mom came out of radiation and straight into her speech therapy appointment and then onto physical therapy where a few more exercises were added her daily routine.
Since our day started out way before scheduled we were way too early for mom's chemo appointment scheduled for 4:00pm so she was finally able to eat some lunch and take a small break. Today we started a new type of chemo cocktail because the previous chemotherapy was effecting her hearing way too quickly! The sessions only last 4 hours which also includes the the fluids.
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| Me and Mom had a little organic snack during chemo. Anytime mom wants anything to eat is a good time. The cafe here at CTCA is unbelievable |
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