Progression

The MRI revealed new tumorage around her spine and inside of her spinal chord. Since I mentioned she was losing her balance, she's lost the feeling and motor-control of both of her legs. The new tumor is the cause.

The big question last night was "Is it the same spot she was radiated before?", because if it was, there would have been no second round of radiation on the same spot. I'll have to Google why they can't do it twice. They even tattoo her to indicate the boundaries of her radiated area.

Fortunately we get to radiate lower down her spine (never thought I'd say that).

So tomorrow we'll go over there and map her out and perhaps get the initial round of radiation over with.

As far as her head, it's on hold, because the back is more dangerous at this point.

Complicated, huh?

In other news, she's no longer Neutropenic, so we've imported the very nice flowers from Addi and Jamie respectively. Her sister and friend Liz came today and decorated the room with paper flowers, helium balloons, and beach-themed paraphernalia. The room looks very nice.

Last night she blew her nose and blew out a clot of blood. Her nose bled steadily until 6 PM today, when I carried her to the restroom and she sat completely up for about 15 minutes. Tonight they gave her a bag of platelets to make sure the nose doesn't continue to bleed.

Her catheter stopped working tonight. I went to the bookstore for a few hours, and there was nothing in the bag when I returned. Alison's Dad pointed it out to me and I got the nurse who promptly flushed it. The tube had clotted. (there's been blood mixed in since the stent but worse now)