First, I apologize for the delay in posting (it's been a bit hectic here *cough cough*).
Yesterday, Mom ate chicken noodle soup for dinner and she was SO excited about the noodles, she ate every last one... I actually missed it, as I went back to work yesterday and my dear friend Lola came and Mom-sat :) This was the first pseudo-solid food Mom ate in over 2 weeks! Tonight she had pork tenderloin, potato cakes and carrots - one heck of a meal for a vegetarian.
She is really doing quite great... Dr. Leverton took her off the morphine today and changed to an oral vicodin to control pain. Provided we make it through the night tonight, we will be going home tomorrow (YEA!!!!!!!) She will be on a low fiber diet for the next 3 weeks, which means Mom will not be able to continue down the vegetarian path, at least for now, as she will not be allowed to eat any raw veggies, fresh fruits or nuts (which was ALL she ate before)... so this could get interesting.
Dr. Leverton recommended waiting at least another 3 weeks prior to starting the chemo treatment. My brother Nick and I are coordinating to get the referral completed with MD Anderson. This process takes 10 business days, so if all goes as planned we should get an oncologist just in time to move Mom back to Houston and start chemo (fingers crossed). Unfortunately, until we meet with the oncologist in Houston we will not know any of the details about the chemo treatment plan that will be required (which type, how long, what the side effects will be, etc.)... we only know it is a must.
Mom is in high spirits, however, her energy level is extremely low, so again I will encourage you all to send your love virtually whenever possible, instead of calling :) She really has so many phone calls she would love to make, but even a 2 minute phone call seems to completely wipe her out. I expect this to improve once the morphine is all out of her system, however, vicodin is a pretty heavy drug also, so we shall see.
Tomorrow will be quite hectic just getting Mom situated in a new environment (and right after I learned all the ropes here). Our next big challenge will be figuring out how to keep my dogs and Mom's dog (Vixie) at a safe distance at least for the first few days... we are thinking of giving Mom my bedroom (my bed is the lowest to the ground, plus the master bath is much closer to the bed than the guest bath/bedroom setup), then we can put a baby-gate in front of the bedroom door so the dogs can say hi with invading on her space too much.
That all for now.... much love to all!
Monica~
Yesterday, Mom ate chicken noodle soup for dinner and she was SO excited about the noodles, she ate every last one... I actually missed it, as I went back to work yesterday and my dear friend Lola came and Mom-sat :) This was the first pseudo-solid food Mom ate in over 2 weeks! Tonight she had pork tenderloin, potato cakes and carrots - one heck of a meal for a vegetarian.
She is really doing quite great... Dr. Leverton took her off the morphine today and changed to an oral vicodin to control pain. Provided we make it through the night tonight, we will be going home tomorrow (YEA!!!!!!!) She will be on a low fiber diet for the next 3 weeks, which means Mom will not be able to continue down the vegetarian path, at least for now, as she will not be allowed to eat any raw veggies, fresh fruits or nuts (which was ALL she ate before)... so this could get interesting.
Dr. Leverton recommended waiting at least another 3 weeks prior to starting the chemo treatment. My brother Nick and I are coordinating to get the referral completed with MD Anderson. This process takes 10 business days, so if all goes as planned we should get an oncologist just in time to move Mom back to Houston and start chemo (fingers crossed). Unfortunately, until we meet with the oncologist in Houston we will not know any of the details about the chemo treatment plan that will be required (which type, how long, what the side effects will be, etc.)... we only know it is a must.
Mom is in high spirits, however, her energy level is extremely low, so again I will encourage you all to send your love virtually whenever possible, instead of calling :) She really has so many phone calls she would love to make, but even a 2 minute phone call seems to completely wipe her out. I expect this to improve once the morphine is all out of her system, however, vicodin is a pretty heavy drug also, so we shall see.
Tomorrow will be quite hectic just getting Mom situated in a new environment (and right after I learned all the ropes here). Our next big challenge will be figuring out how to keep my dogs and Mom's dog (Vixie) at a safe distance at least for the first few days... we are thinking of giving Mom my bedroom (my bed is the lowest to the ground, plus the master bath is much closer to the bed than the guest bath/bedroom setup), then we can put a baby-gate in front of the bedroom door so the dogs can say hi with invading on her space too much.
That all for now.... much love to all!
Monica~
2 comments:
Please pass on my best wishes to Sia and best wishes for the move. I continue to keep her in my thoughts and prayers. I have a small gift for the healing times to come - can you let me know where to send it?
Thanks - Jed Marum
Jed -
Here is my address at home:
10024 Bradford Grove Drive, Frisco, Texas 75035
:)
Herb - I am so sorry, we were just not ready for that post yet.
Monica~
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