Toughest Woman Contest

There has been so much happening at the hospital over the past 5 days....Nonnie started the first of two chemotherapy treatments (5 days) on the first day at the hospital, which will finish tonight. The second chemo treatment (3 days) was a crazy blue color that was given on the second or third day. Due to all of the fluids they pump into her during the chemo, she has retained 19 pounds of water. The doctors have been giving her Lasix to remove the fluid, and it is already starting to work.

Early in the stay, she developed a bleed in her gastrointestinal tract. The doctors explained that this was due to her low platelets. She has been getting blood and platelets on a daily basis, and it seems that the bleed has resolved itself. Unfortunately, that did not come without any pain! She was on Morphine for several days to manage her abdominal pain.

A quick recap....On the first night, she had a fever...another night, she developed some respiratory distress which they made her wear a heart monitor that she held in her pocket that was monitored by the nurse station, the GI problem seems to be resolved and she is hours away from finishing the chemo treatment!

Papa went home this morning to deal with a few things at the house. We all spoke with Nonnie this morning, and she sounds great! She had already taken her bath, and was getting ready to take her walk. Keep up the strong work Nonnie!