Friday-a Long Day!

Steve cared for Deb today. On weekends Steve has a praise band that performs statewide.

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Deb hit the waiting room at the chemo lab about 6:45 am. She left about 4:45 this afternoon. Most of the day she was in a hospital bed taking IVs of IVIG to help Deb's immune system. Then she took her experimental drug Carfilzomib.

We met a classmate from Brooks, Ga who now lives in St Mary's, Ga. He name is Sue McQuinn and used to be a Southern/ Northwest Airlines Flight Attendant. She first went to Emory for treatment. Now she comes to UAMS.

Part of the 4th floor Myeloma Waiting Area

With so much time in the chemo clinic, Vern took several walks. The medical school has about 150 student doctors and the same number of student nurses. Being a bookstore fan, Vern walked over to the med school bookstore and checked out the curriculum. I can't imagine learning all that detailed information. Among the things for sale is a display cabinet of stethoscopes. Didn't know there were so many choices!

Steths

There was a park bench with an aerial photo of the hospital complex. The Rockefeller Cancer building we use is on the opposite side of these buildings on the far left.

Deb had a full set of labs today. Her platelets have been zip in spite of the traditional meds. She had done some research on non-traditional supplements for building up blood. She got the doctor to sign off on her using this supplement and today she found out it had raised her platelets to the highest level ever! PTL!

We have heard that there is a research project that is being tested for all cancers that have metastasis, which is the spread from the original site to other organs and areas of the body. It involves using gold molecules and other heavy metals that bond to cancer cells. Then either magnetic forces are used to localize a deposit of cancer cells, or lasers are used to heat the cancer cells to the point the cells are killed. Just this morning Deb was talking to a cousin in Memphis about this break thru research. Today, I found this display explaining the research here at UAMS.
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