What Cancer Cannot Do

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3. Thursday she did the second of twelve one a week sessions.

She was pretty bad that day, both in lucidity and appearance. We left the cancer room and went to the hospital to be typed for blood. Then on Friday, she spent 7 hrs in an out-patient bed getting two units of blood and some lasix. Today, she was doing pretty well and had good color. She had a blood draw every day last week.

The ascites and edema are still complicating. She's probably carrying 50 lbs of fluid, at least, so you can imagine the discomfort she is experiencing. Although, the lasix has her peein' up a storm, so that should start having some affect on things before long. I don't see her condition getting any better until the fluid has been dealt with.