Wednesday is "two for" day at MetroSouth

Wednesday Reenie was scheduled to have a drain inserted into her abdomen, there was a pool of fluid found on a ct scan last week that needs to be eliminated. Thursday we had scheduled to have a port inserted into her right arm which will be used for the administration of chemo therapy instead of using Reenie's veins, which have deteriorated from her first bout with chemo. But today was Reenie's lucky day the fine staff and doctors at Metro (formerly St. Francis) hospital were able to juggle the schedule and perform both procedures in one visit. That made for a long day but having nothing scheduled until Monday she will get some much needed rest. Reenie has been in a hospital or doctors office or lab 8 out of last 13 days, she definitely needs a break. Reenie is experiencing headaches and fatigue so today was pretty draining, overall she has a wonderful spirit, and is enjoying the comments on 'her' new blog. I'm hopeful that all the appointments and lab work are behind her and for the most part she only has the treatments ahead of her. The treatment schedule will be 3 weeks of chemo(Abraxane)each Monday with a week off this will constitute a cycle and she needs to complete 6 cycles. Once a cycle is complete the oncologist will run tumor markers and a pet scan after every 3 cycles to judge how the treatment is working. The targeted drug Avastin will be administered every 21 days during the whole 6 cycles. This will be our schedule for the next 6 months, we know our warrior can handle this, she has done this before. Well we are looking forward to getting back to a somewhat normal schedule the next few days, thanks for all your love and support.
The Haas'