We met with the oncologist today and my mom had blood drawn for a review of her labs, including metabolic and thyroid values. He continues to seem optimistic given (1) mom hasn’t taken nausea medicine in two weeks, (2) gained one pound, (3) still no return of ascites, (4) seems to be gaining strength and energy each day, and (5) can control what pain she has with Tylenol — that is no need for the big guns, aka, vicodin.
Next week we start on Cycle 3 of chemo.
But we are making the best of today!