Thursday, February 12, 2009

Thursday Update

Mom is not feeling well this morning.  She had a good afternoon yesterday, and even managed to eat a half a bowl of soup.  Her pain has increased through the night and now they have upped her pain medicine.  Accordingly, she is really drowsy.  

She is running a slight fever, but other than that is about the same as yesterday.  Her physicians are becoming concerned that she isn't getting better.  She isn't getting worse, but she is still not able to move much at all, and it's very painful for her to be re-positioned in her bed (which they do to prevent bed sores).  Despite eating a little, she is receiving nutrients through her i.v. but still does not have any energy.  As is to be expected, her 4th round of chemo has been postponed indefinitely. 

Emotionally she is down this morning.  I can't imagine how frustrated and scared she must feel.  We are encouraging her constantly when she is awake.  Mostly we will just allow her to rest this morning and maybe this afternoon she will feel a little better.  

2 comments:

Sue Foster said...

Dear David,
I am sorry to hear that Beth is down. Please tell her that we are all thinking of her. I will be out of town starting tomorrow, but I will continue to pray for all of you. Sue

Karen said...

Hello. I am Mike and Blakely Stank's sister, Karen. I just wanted to stop by and let you all know that we are praying for Beth. We pray for comfort, strength, and complete healing.

God Bless you.

"O Lord my God, I called to you for help and you healed me." Psalm 30:2 NIV