Day 32

There is nothing much new to report today. Rita did get a reduced dose of chemo last night. It finished around 10:00 PM and she was ready for some sleep afterwards. Today, her bilirubin improved some and that’s good because she needs to have that clear up before they will give her more chemo. She needs more chemo to get to remission. It’s a bit of a balancing act as when she does get the chemo, it is filtered out by the liver - that could lead to elevated levels of bilirubin so, the doctors have to keep adjusting accordingly. She has been up for awhile but needed to get back to bed and rest to get charged back up. She was in a little pain so she took a pain pill (morphine) and that made her feel better. She is resting comfortably now. The doctors have pretty much said that they will decide what to do on a daily basis based on how Rita's blood work looks each day. They take blood every AM at 4:00 and results come back pretty quickly so the doctors will have the information during their morning meetings to decide what to do. Now I understand better what the doctors meant on the very first day when they told us that we would need to take this one day at a time. It’s not just a cliché.

Amy will be out tomorrow to take over for a few days. Then, Lisa will be here Thursday and Friday. I will go back to work and plan on returning next weekend unless things change.

OK - Take Care, Dave.