Wow time flies. I have not updated Lou Ann's blog since 11-1-09. Lou Ann went in for day surgery on 11-11-09 to get a port put in for her chemo. The big day was 11-12-09. Chemo was started and our lives have not been the same. She was very upbeat and eager to get started. Once treatment was started she sat and played on the computer and i-phone. Her treatment lasted about 4 hours. By the time it was over her computer and i-phone were put away and she was ready for bed. Friday the 13th was not too bad. Sat. the 14th was a different story. Nausea, fatigue, headaches kicked in. By Tuesday everything was out of control. She had lost 8lbs in 5 days and she kept saying she was going to be fine. By Wed the 18th she had lost a total of 13lbs I said enough is enough. I called the Dr. and he said go to the hospital. She was a direct admit and she told them she would be leaving the next morning so she could go have Thanksgiving lunch with Brenna. They smiled at her and said they would relay the message to Dr Pruitt. Thursday morning Dr Pruitt came in and told her she was not ready to go but he would let her if she demanded it. Then he said I will see you back in here on Friday and she would stay the weekend. She said she would stay. They kept Lou Ann until Friday after 7 liters of fluid, morphine for the headaches and continuous Zofran. Friday morning her friends from work broke her out of the hospital and went wig shopping and lunch.
Tuesday before Thanksgiving we were getting ready to leave town. Lou Ann called Misty for a hair cut. Her hair had started falling out. Misty gave Brenna the clippers and said have fun. Brenna thought that was a blast. How many kids get to say they have shaved their moms head and not get in trouble? We left for Dallas and had a great Thanksgiving. Lou Ann even felt like shopping.
We survived round 1 of chemo. Round 2 has started. 12-3-09 was the day she got to set in the chemo room and start all over. She was feeling so good. Fatigue sat in that night and by the next day she was asleep. We did go to her work Christmas party on Sat. the 5th. When that was over she has been awake a total of about 7 hours in 3 days. That is ok with me. She went back to the cancer center yesterday to get a Zofran drip to help stop some of the nausea. This did help some. The weight loss is still present. She has lost 13 lbs since Thursday. Good thing she was able to put the last 13 back on or she would be down to nothing. She goes for lab work in the morning. We pray they come back good. Lou Ann not only feels older but she really is older. She had a birthday on the 7th. She slept 90% of it. Tonight we are going to try and have cake and icecream. This is one party we will never forget. We ask that each of you keep praying for our family as we climb this mountain. Thanks to each and every one of you.