Lauren left on Saturday to head back to CT. Kathie had thrown up once before she even left. The rest of Saturday seemed to go okay, but Kathie took it easy, just in case.
Sunday, Bob and Kathie made it to Mass, but Bob headed up to the lake by himself afterwards and Kathie stayed home to recharge. Lauren's replacement, Leigh, came in early Sunday evening and will be staying for the week.
Kathie is definitely starting to be symptomatic from chemo (vomitting, "digestive issues," and most recently, mouth sores) - let's hope the side effects aren't the only thing happening! We won't find out how the tumors are responding until the next PET scan.
The pepcid Kathie has thrown into the medication mix seems to be helping a bit, and she stopped taking the codeine pain meds (which created more nausea).
Thank you to those that have e-mailed Lauren offering to help, we don't want to have to rely on one or two people (as there is a long road ahead), so we greatly appreciate a multitude of offers. It's never too late to add your name to the list:) Just e-mail Lauren at laducharme@bsu.edu with what you can do, restrictions on that and your phone number!!!
Those who cannot volunteer any time and wish to help out in some other way (beside donations to the American Cancer Society)... Several people have offered to have food sent in, only Lafayette doesn't have any services like that (unless you count pizza), so Bob and Kathie are accepting small gift certificates to places that have pick-up at the very least... right now the ones that would help are Bob Evans, Olive Garden, Logan's, and Chili's. (The first two more importantly). Even if Bob and Kathie don't use all of them while they are still in Lafayette, most of those are rather extensive chains, or we'll let our visiting caretakers take themselves out;)
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