She did the CT scan and the doctor just went over it with us. He seemed quite encouraged by it. He showed us where there are small metastases on her spine and he repeatedly reemphasized that they are small and treatable. He spoke encouragingly about how there are no signs of any damage to "soft tissue" - aka: organs.
So, he is going to start this afternoon/evening with a new nausea med - vontrol (don't know if it's given in the US). The difference in this med and the zofran is that this one is for nausea and vertigo. He said that often when people don't respond to typical nausea medication, they will respond to this one because it's more related to dizziness than gastritis. We shall see...
He will also restart her anti-inflammatory and pain meds to keep her back pain under control (which they had been doing very well). Then he's going to give her some fluids with glucose and electrolytes since she hasn't been able to eat.
If that all goes well, they will restart treatment tomorrow or the following day.
**pics are: a quote from Teddy Roosevelt hanging in the elevator (hopefully it'll blow up enough to read it.... if not, let me know and I'll type it in) // the other pic is the entrance to the bull ring across the street
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Thank you to my friend Lesa, here's the quote: “It is not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles, or where the doer of deeds could have done them better. The credit belongs to the man who is actually in the arena, whose face is marred by dust and sweat and blood, who strives valiantly; who errs and comes short again and again; because there is not effort without error and shortcomings; but who does actually strive to do the deed; who knows the great enthusiasm, the great devotion, who spends himself in a worthy cause, who at the best knows in the end the triumph of high achievement and who at the worst, if he fails, at least he fails while daring greatly. So that his place shall never be with those cold and timid souls who know neither victory nor defeat.” Theodore Roosevelt
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