1/3/19 A little hiccup in today's chemo

Today’s “chemo” session turned into an admission to the hospital due to Gabrielle’s worsening breathing issues.  She is starting to collect fluid on her lungs as well as her abdomen.  They had tried to get this done as an outpatient, but radiology wasn’t able to do it. As such, she is in the hospital and will get the procedure tomorrow morning.  Her electrolytes were also off, especially her sodium.  She hasn’t been eating or drinking much, and we are hoping that she will get a little better hydrated through her stay at the hospital.

Her oncologist came by today and they had a nice chat.  We are pleased with the team she has, which is good.  We really hope that she will be able to get discharged from the hospital after tomorrow’s procedure.

We are “tag teaming” the hospital stay, as we have found that it is always nice to have someone stay with her while she is in the hospital.  This is both to keep her company, but also to help with things like calling for the nurse, taking sips of water, losing to her at Scrabble.  Fun stuff like that.  So, as part of the tag team approach, Daniel and Renée are down at UWMC with her now.  I am at home and am multi-tasking at this moment.  I am “attending” a meeting via a teeny little screen in the upper corner of my computer.  This pertains to my role as a faculty member at the med school.  A student has been assigned to me for the next six months and they are getting me up to speed on this.  I hope that I am up to the task, in light of everything else that is going on. 

I don’t have much else to report right now. But I will try and give an update tomorrow.  Here’s hoping for a quiet night…and success at Scrabble.  Forgive any typos…they are making me listen to the meeting.  Gotta love meetings!