Update

Today's test results were good--we shouldn't have to worry about Pancreatitis. Both lab work from this morning as well as the ultrasound indicate that her Pancreas is functioning fine. So that is nice. Maggie's counts still have not recovered at all, so we're waiting for that before we can think about going home or continuing chemo.

Maggie had a low grade fever early this afternoon and hasn't looked too comfortable. She has slept a lot (recovering from some rough nights). Her fever hasn't gotten worse in 4+ hours, so that is good. Until the fever gets to 101, the staff doesn't do anything to treat it, nor do they get too concerned. Anytime she is above normal we have to wonder what is going on though, which is never easy. She has had a little bit of diarrhea, so they're looking into whether or not that is related to her pain. She's still on morphine and a handful of antibiotics as well as her prednisone (only for a couple more days) and neupogen (drug that helps her blood counts to recover). Her hair is no longer falling out, so we expect that she'll look like this until the next round of chemo can start. So far her hair has gotten thinner and she has a bald spot on the back of her head from lying down. Since the last round of chemo isn't knocking out her hair, we are assuming that the other effects are done and that the cell growth in her blood will happen soon. That is our hope.

Otherwise, we are just waiting around. Not much has happened today, and if Maggie were feeling better it probably would have been a pretty good day. We pray for continued safety from infection and for relief from pain. Also, we are hopeful that her ANC and white blood counts would recover so that she'd be more protected from infections and able to continue treatment.

That's all for now. Thanks.