LATEST CA125 RESULTS
Today the nurse called with last Wednesday's results. It went up two points to 295 so the other chemo was not only giving Lou all kinds of problems but wasn't doing any good. She started the new oral chemo Monday and took the second round today with no drastic side effects. She still has no appetite and feels lousy all the time. She followed her usual routine today. When Lydia comes to clean she does the upstairs first. When she comes back down, Lou goes up to one of the twin beds and lies down up there. She said she made it up the stairs but it wasn't easy. She drank a little chicken noodle soup broth for lunch but I poured most of it back in the pan. She drinks a little coke and eats a few Cheetos when she gets up from her afternoon nap. As she told Francis Ann Sneed when she called today she is still able to walk and gets around. Hopefully this different chemo treatment will be effective. If she loses her hair again we will know that it is doing something.
At least we have had better luck with our grandkids than my brother Robert. He and his wife planned to drive down Friday after Thanksgiving from Altus where he had Thanksgiving dinner with his grandson Cody. A granddaughter Nicole drove out also to have dinner with them. Nicole drove back Thursday night to see her mother and while on a detour missed a curve and rolled her car. She only had bruises but enough whiplash to have to wear a neck brace. Then Friday morning Cody had to drive to Antlers on a cattle deal, went to sleep and rolled his car but only suffered bruises and a small cut. He is OK except for two cars totalled. As a result Robert couldn't make it here but will try again some weekend.
Lou is looking forward to Dec. 14 when Phyllis Bridges, Fran Vick and Joyce Roach will come see her for a visit. She missed Fran's talk at the Joyce Thompson Lecture series and is looking forward to hearing her here in person.
Here on Halsell Hill the red oaks are in full color. I took digital photos but when I plugged the chip from the camera into this new laptop, it not only failed to let me see the photos it apparently reprogrammed the chip so that when I put it back into the camera, the camera couldn't read it. So much for modern technology. You will just have to come see for yourself.
Today the nurse called with last Wednesday's results. It went up two points to 295 so the other chemo was not only giving Lou all kinds of problems but wasn't doing any good. She started the new oral chemo Monday and took the second round today with no drastic side effects. She still has no appetite and feels lousy all the time. She followed her usual routine today. When Lydia comes to clean she does the upstairs first. When she comes back down, Lou goes up to one of the twin beds and lies down up there. She said she made it up the stairs but it wasn't easy. She drank a little chicken noodle soup broth for lunch but I poured most of it back in the pan. She drinks a little coke and eats a few Cheetos when she gets up from her afternoon nap. As she told Francis Ann Sneed when she called today she is still able to walk and gets around. Hopefully this different chemo treatment will be effective. If she loses her hair again we will know that it is doing something.
At least we have had better luck with our grandkids than my brother Robert. He and his wife planned to drive down Friday after Thanksgiving from Altus where he had Thanksgiving dinner with his grandson Cody. A granddaughter Nicole drove out also to have dinner with them. Nicole drove back Thursday night to see her mother and while on a detour missed a curve and rolled her car. She only had bruises but enough whiplash to have to wear a neck brace. Then Friday morning Cody had to drive to Antlers on a cattle deal, went to sleep and rolled his car but only suffered bruises and a small cut. He is OK except for two cars totalled. As a result Robert couldn't make it here but will try again some weekend.
Lou is looking forward to Dec. 14 when Phyllis Bridges, Fran Vick and Joyce Roach will come see her for a visit. She missed Fran's talk at the Joyce Thompson Lecture series and is looking forward to hearing her here in person.
Here on Halsell Hill the red oaks are in full color. I took digital photos but when I plugged the chip from the camera into this new laptop, it not only failed to let me see the photos it apparently reprogrammed the chip so that when I put it back into the camera, the camera couldn't read it. So much for modern technology. You will just have to come see for yourself.
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