Well, Sarah's stay in the hospital is still very open ended at this point. That pain she got in the area of her liver might be a pull of her muscles in between the ribs. The docs are leaning that way because it isn't tender to direct pressure.
Her nausea is persisting and she's still just dozing through-out the day. Calcium came down a little bit to 10.7 but it is still high-out-of-range and it is being forced down with two different drugs, one of which is a shot every four hours. Since high calcium causes nausea and fatigue and all other tests have come up negative, we think that is the cause of how Sarah feels. She needs to be able to eat and keep down food before we can think of her coming home, and we're talking about giving her chemo while she's here in the hospital since that is the only thing we can do to treat the underlying cause of her hypercalcemia (high calcium).
Sarah isn't thinking too much about the whole situation because she is so drowsy. I'm most concerned that all of a sudden we seem to be entering a new stage in the advance of her cancer when I thought we were holding our ground with the chemo she was on. I'm still hopeful that Sarah can feel better and come home if we can get her calcium under control and get her some chemo to stun and shrink her tumors. We're doing everything we can and will have to be patient and positive.
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Sorry that Sarah is in the hospital for the 4th and not feeling well at all. Hope you can resolve these symptoms soon. Tell Sarah I am thinking of her often! (and chastising myself for not calling)
Sorry that Sarah is still not feeling better. I think you are doing a great job at staying positive and strong. It was good to see you and the boys last night, even though of course we missed Sarah. We will continue to pray for all of you.
Peters Family
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