Thursday, April 19, 2012 9:58 PM, CDT
Meal in a bag...
As I reported earlier, she's doing much better today.
I don't think that it really has much to do with finishing chemo
yesterday, as it is still pretty heavily concentrated in her system. It
just is what it is, but we'll take it.
It is not all good though. The fast growing cells that the chemo kills, in addition to the blood cells, blasters, and eventually hair cells, also wipes out the cells that create a protective barrier from the mouth, into the gut, and out the other end. They say those cells are "sloughed off". Interesting terminology. This sloughing (sounds like sluffing) off makes for sores in the mouth and throat, and to say the least, a very uncomfortable and lasting tummy ache. Various drugs are offering some relief, but by this morning the Doc's recommended that she avoid ALL food AND drinks. So she's had a few, and I mean few, sips of water and is eating her meals through a tube, directly into her veins. Other than in the case of Barney Gumble's beer i.v., I can think of no other circumstance where that's desirable.
On the bright side, even though the food's pretty decent there, she was already getting sick of the hospitals menu.
Enough for tonight. See you tommorow.
-Z
It is not all good though. The fast growing cells that the chemo kills, in addition to the blood cells, blasters, and eventually hair cells, also wipes out the cells that create a protective barrier from the mouth, into the gut, and out the other end. They say those cells are "sloughed off". Interesting terminology. This sloughing (sounds like sluffing) off makes for sores in the mouth and throat, and to say the least, a very uncomfortable and lasting tummy ache. Various drugs are offering some relief, but by this morning the Doc's recommended that she avoid ALL food AND drinks. So she's had a few, and I mean few, sips of water and is eating her meals through a tube, directly into her veins. Other than in the case of Barney Gumble's beer i.v., I can think of no other circumstance where that's desirable.
On the bright side, even though the food's pretty decent there, she was already getting sick of the hospitals menu.
Enough for tonight. See you tommorow.
-Z
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