Day 3

Hi everyone! We are hoping to have a more positive day today. Julie slept through the night last night, which is great. She's still having some pain in her back but the doctors seem to think once the chemo starts working, the pain will go away because the lymph nodes will start to shrink. This should be within the next few days. Dennis, Alicia, and Justine came to visit last night and it was comforting. They will be coming back today also. Julie said "Alicia will whip my ass into shape." so we know she is glad they are here!!

I think people are having trouble leaving comments. In order to comment you have to have a gmail or blogspot account I think. Hopefully that's not too hard to do. If it is, she appreciates your Facebook comments and reads them all! More to come later :)

Update: She started off the morning a bit stronger- was able to shower by herself and smile. But they gave her some anxiety medication that set her back and she has spent the day sleeping and unable to do much. The doctors are going to keep her here again tonight. She had a reaction to the anxiety medicine and was extremely restless and really out of it. So to counter it, they gave her medication that makes her very sleepy. So now she just needs to sleep it off before they can proceed with the Rituxin, a drug that helps the chemo to work. They will keep her here for that because often people will have allergic reactions to it. She will also be having a spinal tap to check her nervous system and make sure everything is ok. They think everything is normal but want to take the extra precautions. They are going to wait until tomorrow to do everything, so just more sleep today.