Hello everyone!

This is Amanda. I am reopening this blog to use as an update page for Mamma. I apologize in advance for grammar errors and typos that will be in these updates LOL! Grammar was never a very strong subject for me. Also, I apologize that my posts will not be as well written as the ones that my mother writes. she is way better at things like this than I am. :) However, I will do my best. 


Mamma was diagnosed with stage 3C breast cancer in September of 2015. She has since had several surgeries and gone through four separate chemo types. We found out in December of 2017 that the tumor had returned a third time, and it is inoperable because of being about 7cm and in heavily vascular area, around a nerve bundle. She has been on an oral chemo to try and kill or at least slow down the growth of the tumor.
  On March 13th, she had a PET scan and found out the tumor has grown to just over 9cm. Since the oral chemo isn’t working, her doctor had planned on starting a new round of Chemo infusion on the 19th, but they noticed that she has an infection under her arm and began a 7 day round of IV antibiotics instead. 
  Now, fast forward to March 27th. Mamma has completed the antibiotics and was pretty badly dehydrated. Home health came out that afternoon and did a bag of fluid through IV. Mamma began to show signs of feeling better and perked up a bit.
That evening around 10 p.m. Ferrell called and asked me to come over because she had gotten sick and was not getting any better. When I got there we checked her temp and it was high so we came on into the Baptist Memorial Hospital ER in Columbus. They diagnosed her with cellulitis and she had become septic from the infection. They admitted her around 2 a.m. Tuesday morning and have continued to give several IV antibiotics. There seems to have been good response so far as her fever is sitting around 100.8 now so it is slowly coming down from the 102 she was at when we got here. Well.... They just came in and checked her temp which is now at 101.4 :(so more tylenol and hope it will come down again soon. 

March 28th.
  We are still at the hospital receiving IV antibiotics. Last night things got kinda rough, her temp went back up pretty high and she had a great deal of nausea. The nurses here are wonderful and they were able to get things back under control fairly quickly. :) This morning things are starting to look better. she was able to eat some breakfast and had sat up for a while and was more alert. She does tire out very quickly though.  

 

 Spoke with the doctor a few minutes ago and he said that if we can go without anymore fever spikes tonight that he will back off on the antibiotics through tomorrow. After that, if all is going well with no more fever then we can talk about going home. 
In the meantime her appetite has returned! 👏🏻 she ate a really good light lunch and ate most of her supper as well.

 One of Mamma's friends is coming out to stay the night with her so i can go home and see my children and gather a few things. I will be back tomorrow and hope to have good news to update with then.