Laurelle Update

I have had a ton of people ask me about my sister, so I thought I would give an update.

She has completed 3 weeks of her 5 week regime of chemo and radiation. Chemo is attached to her arm at all times, and radiation takes place between Monday and Friday (5 days).

She is having a rough go of things as the radiation is upsetting her whole digestive system. It's basically like singeing your intestines so severely that they swell for the first few weeks.

She had a stent put into her ureter to help her right kidney function again. That took a while to get used to and she said that this procedure was the worst pain she has EVER felt. I can't even imagine what that would be, considering how much shit she has already been through in her life.

She's on morphine to help with the pain, and a cocktail of drugs to assist with other side effects.

Her nausea and fatigue is worse than ever before, so it's a major task getting food in. She's lost about 22 lbs in 5-6 weeks. Spirits are low, understandably.

Today she was going to ask the doctor if she could possibly be put on steroids because they assist with appetite.

Two more weeks to go.

My mom is there from Sunday night to Thursday nights to help with the day to day stuff - taking care of the kids, cooking/cleaning/housework.

Although her spirits are low, she still has a sense of humour, amazingly enough.

After the two weeks I am hoping for a miracle. Fingers crossed.