I realize it's been quite a while since I've last posted. Attribute that to the holidays, and the fact that it's been pretty quiet on the Marye front. When I left you last, Marye was scheduled for an MRI. So, that happened and it was very good news. The tumor has shrunk down to 1.3 cm and the tumor markers decreased to 335. Everything is moving in the right direction. She's had two treatments since the last blog update and the biggest complication is just the constant fatigue.
Today was different. Marye had some abdominal pain starting this weekend. She initially thought that it was gas. I wasn't convinced, since she hasn't eaten anything that would cause that kind of gas. Also, she took some Gas-X, and it didn't help, when it usually does. Anyway, the pain got progressively worse, until she was in absolute agony. Also, her temperature was down to 95 degrees and she had some serious cold sweats. I planned on driving her to the ER, but she couldn't even get up to walk to the car. So I called 911, and the ambulance came to transport her to U of L. The paramedic had to lift her up and carry her outside.
As of 11:30 pm on Sunday night, she is resting in the ER. They gave her some heavy pain medication, so she's pretty dopey. She's also trying to down the quart of contrast they gave her so she can get a CT scan and see what's going on.
Breaking update: she just vomitted up all of the contrast, probably due to the pain meds she's been getting intravenously, so, no more contrast. The plan is to get the CT scan, then she's going to be admitted for the night. They're arguing amongst themselves on whether she should go to the oncology ward or ICU, but I think she's going to wind up in ICU. Also, her white blood cells count was at an astoundingly high 34, indicating either and infection or something else just as serious. As a reference, even after the Nuelasta, which stimulates white blood cell growth, her WBC count rarely goes above 12. So, we don't know what's happening. At the moment, she's pretty dopey from the pain meds. Her pain has gone down some, so at least there's that. I'll post more tomorrow when we know something.
-Chris
