We were awakened this morning by the exuberant Dr. Cho, who definitely seems comfortable with the idea of Jen going home today. The only thing holding her back from taking that permission and running out of the hospital (well, getting wheeled out of it - as per protocol) is her ongoing battles against nausea. Sadly, the overnight nurse accidentally doubled the dosage of Oxycodone that Jen had settled on in an effort to stave off the persistent nausea, and this morning finds the problem at its worst. Dr. Cho asked her to try going off the Oxy entirely, and he told her that he was going to set up all the paperwork for her to leave if she feels better later (!).
While he was here, Dr. Cho excitedly asked her if she had heard about her pathology report yet. "We took 66 lymph nodes out of you! You only need 12!" Jen asked how they got that many and he answered "Dr. Whiteford is a good surgeon!" That's how, yo.
In the meantime, she had a little energy following Cho's visit, but now she's passed out again. I'm eating her sourdough pancakes for her, but, no worries, I'm leaving her all the rice cereal gruel.
I am sure Jen greatly appreciated the rice cereal gruel. Sounds delicious. :) Hopefully it helped some with the nausea.
ReplyDeleteI can't express how happy I am to hear all the positive news over the weekend. Jen, you are such a superstar!!
Much love from Texas...