Mornings at the hospital start early. Today Joyce was preparing for a C-T scan by 7:00 and by 8:00 she was back in the room. Not too long after that the resident Doctor talked to us and then one of the Partner Doctors in the surgery group.
Joyce's white blood count is almost back to normal, and the other indicators say that she has beaten the chemo.
Unfortunately, the bowels are still not responding. The C-T scan shows that there is still a partial blockage. The Doctor said we need to do something and she is scheduling surgery for Friday. There have been so many 'maybes' that it hit us pretty hard. That is when the doctor looked Joyce square in the eyes and said with authority the words in the title!!
So, Joyce can do PT and OT exercises to keep up her strength up. We can go walking and head outside to sit on the boardwalk, and we can hope that the bowels open up!
And we can keep repeating and believing that the Doctors will get us through this and that Joyce will be OK!!!! And it is not life threatening!!!
Doug
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