Last week went a little different then expected. Instead of treatment on Friday we were the beneficiaries of a all-inclusive hospital stay. When arriving to treatment Friday rebecca was a bit short of breath, and remarked that her chest had been feeling more pressure for the last day. This kicked off an ER visit and then Friday evening she was admitted. They drained her left chest area (as it had filled back up with almost 900ml since being drained 9 days prior). They also drained the right side (as we would have done that at home), and we noticed that we are able to get less and less fluid out of that side. The pulmonologist mentioned to us saturday that it may be the the catheter is causing inflammation and “pockets” on the right side and that may be helping to keep the liquid out. She got released saturday evening, so we were thankful to be able to attend church together Sunday.

We had labs and appointment with the oncologist today before chemo tomorrow (Wednesday). During this visit it the nurse said that both her and the doctor both strongly advised against doing the cruise due to the issues Rebecca has had recently. It sounds like Rebecca has also been having some doubts recently and was worried about what would happen if an issue came up on the cruise also. So cruise is off. The girls were very understanding, and we are still going to plan on doing a bunch of things that week. It’s really about spending time together, and having a good time, there’s plenty of things we can do and still accomplish that. I’m thinking a few days on Wisconsin dells at a water park, and some other fun activities we can all do, so back to planning.

We still have radiation consultation on friday too, and we are hopeful that radiation will help to alleviate some of the pain in her lower back – that’s probably the worst of all of her pains.

Rebecca’s wheelchair came today and I had some fun doing 360s in the front room.

Sunday, Monday, and today were fairly good days as Rebecca is being more intentional about taking pain meds, so it’s been good to see her not in pain (or at least too much pain) for a few days