Dr Visit and Report-Friday

 Deb and this Blood Pressure machine have a love-hate relationship going. It never provides her vitals on the first attempt: normally it takes 5-6 tries to get all the data. Sometimes the nurses have to get info the old fashioned way.

We were number one in Dr Van Rhee's docket today. Even so, we had to wait about :50 mins to see him. The whole visit with about six nurses each with specific duties took over three hours.

Bottom line: Deb's cancer lesions are the same size, or even slightly smaller, according to the Dr. We are to continue the experimental drug for another month. In 30 days we will see him again. Deb continues the thialomide and he increased the dosage of dex by a third more. One drug makes Deb incredibly sleepy: the dex makes her wide awake like a tree full of owls. She's caught somewhere in the middle of that tug of war.

Dr Van Rhee says the drug takes a while to do its function and we should be very patient and not throw out a very viable treatment yet. We agree: that salvage therapy option is to be avoided.

So, back to Little Rock for every foreseeable weekend.

Chemo starts again Sat am and Sun am, then we hope to fly home.

Male nurse Jason did the intake interview with Deb today

Nurse Tia processes the schedule and treatments for the next month

These are Deb's records which are at least 6-8 inches thick when stacked up