Stable

Things haven't changed much today except that I think I notice a bit of edema in Adrienne's feet/legs. The doctor said this would happen. They stopped the diuretics as she was getting dehydrated but will probably have to start again. It's a tough balancing act, but they're doing a good job so far. Fevers come on each night, which is typical for her when she had a lot of disease. Chemo starts again today.

We're very happy with the care she's getting and she even eats some of the hospital food, a first for her. I'm hoping to get her home but we're taking it a day at a time. She's dependent on oxygen so we need to get that whole thing working at home.

sleepy day

Adrienne has been very tired today. Yesterday, she was having painful muscle cramps in her hands and feet so we tried muscle relaxers after other things failed. I'm sure that's contributing to the fatigue. The muscle spasms were probably caused by the imbalance in her electrolytes. She's been on so many meds plus lasix to get the fluid off so now she's all out of whack. Her lungs are doing much better and the pleural effusions aren't filling up again so they can start to give her some fluids. This is a fine balance, making sure she doesn't retain fluids while giving her enough to keep her kidneys and electrolytes happy. Her creatinine is up so fluids would help that too. No fevers so far today.

Fever tonight

Today was looking better but tonight Adrienne spiked a fever. Her breathing is much improved and we were hoping to get her to a nasal canula tomorrow, but now we'll have to see how things go. For now, she's sleeping.

Second one done

Adrienne just got the other lung drained. This one had much less fluid but seems to have provided more relief. She ate a little bit of lunch and is resting now. The hardest part is getting to the commode (thank goodness for those) but she is comfortable while in bed. Her glucose went high so she'll get some insulin this afternoon. She's had this before during transplant but it resolves itself with time. We'll get pathology back on the fluid tomorrow and will hope that it doesn't come back. If she can go 24 hours without a fever, she can start chemo again.