Jessie said to me several weeks ago that there was only one thing she was looking forward to when she got back to the hospital... the Wednesday massage. Every Wednesday, a massage therapist comes by for one half hour to give her a massage. She LOVES it. It relaxes her so much and boy does she need that right now. Her headache has gotten a little better, but still there and worse when she gets up. We got a bedside commode because the trip to the bathroom and back was hurting so badly that it made her retch when she finally got back in bed (and yes the bathroom is in her room, not down the hall). That strategy has worked. So far today she has not been vertical long enough to cause enough pain to dry heave. She is getting lots of fluid which is supposed to help her body make more cerebral spinal fluid. They believe the cause of her headache is some leakage of this fluid that surrounds the brain. Just a small leak can cause a tremendous headache. Caffeine is also supposed to help, but the reason why it does is unclear. She has been sipping on coke taking her oral meds all day.
Now for the GRAND NEWS......the molecular test is back from the bone marrow test done on Monday morning. There are virtually NO DETECTIBLE cancer cells in her bone marrow!! Recall that the first bone marrow check they did after chemo in Feb showed only .4 % of bad cells that were detectable. NOW she has NONE!! That means that she is responding very well to treatment and that a 4th consolidation phase (we are in phase 2 now, phase 3 in August) is not very likely to be needed. YEAH!!!! Praise the Lord.
Now we just need to make it through July and August and God willing, we will be finished. Amen.
Jenny, that is unbelievably great news! God is so good to us, and this is proof! I've been so worried about her and about you all for so long. It's good to have such an upbeat message! God bless you all!
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