NEW YEAR'S DAY
We celebrated 2009 by having black-eyed peas for lunch along with a lot of other great food. Keith came in last night and brought BBQ ribs from Brady. Can't remember the name of the famous cookhouse that he frequents.
Lou had a better day yesterday. She had a little better appetite and really enjoyed eating some custard that Mary Barton sent out from Cross Plains. She felt better, but was hitting the morphine. She took some before she went to bed an hour late to celebrate the New Year. During the night she would talk in her sleep and this morning she awoke very weak. She insisted on taking her shower but called me to help her wash her legs and towel her off. She sat in the bathroom to put on her clothes and weakly walked to sit on the bed while she put Olay on her face and brushed her hair. She was then able to walk to her chair in the living room just barely. She decided to go back to Vicodin instead of the morphine. I helped put her socks on. She then laid down on the couch and slept until Kathy fixed breakfast of scambled eggs and ham. We ate and then Lou got up and ate a little. She has a little better appetite than before.
Finally about 11 she got on her computer for the first time and answered a couple of emails, but had problems managing her computer and didn't get all the mail read and answered. She didn't think her answers were sent but I checked and she did get 3 that went. This afternoon after eating her black-eyed peas she slept for a little over an hour and feels a little stronger. We are hoping the chemo will reduce her stomach and let her eat more and gain some strength.
Thanks for everyone's prayers.
We celebrated 2009 by having black-eyed peas for lunch along with a lot of other great food. Keith came in last night and brought BBQ ribs from Brady. Can't remember the name of the famous cookhouse that he frequents.
Lou had a better day yesterday. She had a little better appetite and really enjoyed eating some custard that Mary Barton sent out from Cross Plains. She felt better, but was hitting the morphine. She took some before she went to bed an hour late to celebrate the New Year. During the night she would talk in her sleep and this morning she awoke very weak. She insisted on taking her shower but called me to help her wash her legs and towel her off. She sat in the bathroom to put on her clothes and weakly walked to sit on the bed while she put Olay on her face and brushed her hair. She was then able to walk to her chair in the living room just barely. She decided to go back to Vicodin instead of the morphine. I helped put her socks on. She then laid down on the couch and slept until Kathy fixed breakfast of scambled eggs and ham. We ate and then Lou got up and ate a little. She has a little better appetite than before.
Finally about 11 she got on her computer for the first time and answered a couple of emails, but had problems managing her computer and didn't get all the mail read and answered. She didn't think her answers were sent but I checked and she did get 3 that went. This afternoon after eating her black-eyed peas she slept for a little over an hour and feels a little stronger. We are hoping the chemo will reduce her stomach and let her eat more and gain some strength.
Thanks for everyone's prayers.
posted by Dr. Rodenberger at 5:27 PM
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