This is Stephanie writing. I want to update you on my mom's condition. She has now completed her fourth round of chemotherapy and we are awaiting the scan results of her tumors to see how much they have been affected by the chemo drugs.
In the meantime, it's been up and down. Mom has a hard time eating, so we've been working with her 'round the clock to get enough calories in her--she refers to this as "stuffing her like a goose." Her weight has remained more or less stable. The oncologist upped the 5FU dose a little this round, edging ever closer to that line between affecting the tumors and affecting her body, and Tuesday she showed signs of mucositis. Her mouth and lips are swollen, and her esophagus hurts, but as yet her GI tract seems stable and there is no diarrhea.
We took a trip to the emergency room this morning to make sure there was no bacterial infection and to figure out how to manage the pain she's having with swallowing. She's resting comfortably, ate a cinnamon roll and a quarter cup of soup, and so we are quite hopeful that we have caught the mucositis early enough to avoid any hospitalization.
I'll update this site again in a couple of days. We truly appreciate all of your thoughts, prayers, and healing energy coming our way.
Love, Steph
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