Wednesday, July 16th 2014
After four days off, we were back at Cancer Treatment Centers of America this morning early for a full day's schedule. Mom had blood drawn at 8:00 a.m.. During the nurse assessment, mom weighed in at 107 pounds, she has lost 7 pounds since the last weigh in. Now that she is properly nourished her body is using her nutrients to fight the cancer. We were told to expect this. Her blood pressure and temperature were normal.
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Mom's tongue was sore and raw which is a side effect of the Chemotherapy. At 9:30 a.m., we met with Leticia, Dr. McKnight's nurse. Mom's Hemoglobin is up to 9.4 and 6.8 for the white blood cell counts. Dr. McKnight's team are planning on returning to Chemo treatments starting next week. Mom will only have the Taxol and not the Carbo for the next two weeks and after that Dr. McKnight will evaluate her progress and decide on a plan going forward. They don't want her blood levels to drop again. Edra Spevack, mom's Naturopathy checked to make sure she is still doing well on the supplements that mom is on. She must start using L-Glutamine again which will help her tongue and mouth going forward.
Mom went back to radiation at 10:45 a.m., to use the new mask and start radiation treatments again. When she came out of treatment she was very happy with the new mask, no pain or aggravation. Her last appointment today was with Ms. Jennifer Cargile, Speech-Language Pathologist. Ms. Cargile said her throat muscles and her ability to swallow are both working really well.
We will back tomorrow for radiation. Only eleven more radiation treatments!
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