Maggie is much better tonight. The number of trips to the bathroom has dropped exponentially - Praise the Lord. She's still tired and will need more time to recover, but, if all goes well, we'll leave for home in the morning. She was given two units of blood to help...

Some of you know most of the following from our Facebook update but I will repeat for those who aren't on FB and add new information (I temporarily lost use of this website yesterday. Thus, the delay in a full update): Maggie was admitted through the ER Wednesday and...

Quick update from Sandstone: Maggie and I will make the trip to the clinic in the morning for blood counts. She has been resting, eating a fair amount, and working word search puzzles. Her pain is completely controlled - we may try cutting back a bit on the the pain...

Maggie finished chemo this afternoon but was too nauseated at the time to think about a 90 mile drive. She's staying another night at Batson. I returned to Hattiesburg early today for a dentist appointment (to get that chipped tooth fixed). Phil is with Maggie and has...

Quick update from Batson: Maggie was able to start chemo yesterday morning, so it appears we are in the home stretch of this admission. Her chemo infusion will be finished tomorrow afternoon, and we anticipate immediate discharge barring any changes. Infection seems...

The annoying fever edition: So, despite coverage for three full days of IV antibiotics (four if you count ER meds), Maggie spiked the 6 o'clock fever again last night. Vancomycin has been added to the IV pole and we're going to delay starting chemo until Sunday...

Another day at Batson: Maggie continues to fight off the UTI - slowly. With fever spikes last night and this evening, her team decided to switch to a different antibiotic - from Rocephin to Levaquin. We're hoping this one does the trick. It's not that she feels overly...

From Batson: Yesterday (Tuesday) evening, Maggie started spiking a higher fever (she seems to have a low grade most of the time) of 102. We decided at 10:30 last night to make the trip to the UMMC ER. Her heart rate was 160. IV fluids helped to bring that down fairly...

We had a productive time at the clinic today. Maggie had all standard blood work and her counts are solid. Her liver function panel is normal. Because Dr. Collier is still on vacation - we'll see him next Monday prior to our chemo admission for a complete report on...

Maggie has been spending a good portion of each day resting in bed. She was able to discontinue all pain medicine and has little to no back pain/discomfort. She still has little appetite and low energy, and she has upset stomach with most things she eats. These...