Ruth/Mom/Grammy finished 13 chemotherapy treatments on Wed. Aug. 3rd and 35 radiation treatments on Fri. Aug. 5th!! We are so glad the 7 weeks/35 days of radiation are over! Mom has lost a little more weight as it is now almost impossible for her to swallow. She is still above 100 pounds (which is okay since she is only 4'11" tall) and keeping her above 100 pounds has been my goal in helping her through the treatments. She drinks most of her nutrition through her feeding tube, but occassionally she can swallow a small amount of something and any amount is good as it keeps her ability to swallow in practice. The outside of her neck is healing and scabbing over and not causing her as much trouble although it is still tender and annoying. Her voice comes and goes but most of the time it is gone or so soft it is hard to hear her. She has one more day of labwork and an appointment with Dr. Nugent, the chemo doctor, this week. In early September she has an appointment with Dr. Barker, the radiation doctor. At that time, he will schedule a follow-up CT scan to compare to the first CT scan she had before she started treatments. This will be followed by a PET scan to compare to the first PET scan she also had before she started treatments. Thank you SO MUCH for your prayers, phone calls, and cards during mom's treatments. Keep praying that the radiation and chemotherapy have completed eradicated the cancer! I will continue to keep the blog updated when we have more news!
THANK YOU!
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