Quick update from Batson: Maggie is currently receiving the third drug (of three) of her chemo regimen - 5FU. This is the 48 hour infusion that will conclude tomorrow (Monday) around noon. For the most part, she has tolerated these infusions extremely well. In...

Friday afternoon from Batson: Maggie had her clinic visit with Dr. Collier this morning (more on that in a minute), and we came prepared for admission. Her pain and discomfort have steadily worsened requiring more strong pain meds to keep her comfortable. Through many...

We're updating from the Residence Inn where we'll be staying the night before rolling out early for home. Maggie was discharged around 5:00 pm after eating and tolerating breakfast and lunch. She's taking it easy in bed - catching up on social media. Overall, she's...

We're writing from MDAnderson Endoscopy. Maggie has specifically requested this update to ask for prayers. She will undergoing a procedure to replace her stent. At UAB this proved to be impossible without the help of Interventional Radiology and was not without...

We've hit a snag in starting treatment. In lab work today, Maggie's urine showed signs of a UTI (which we suspected starting yesterday), but, more seriously, it showed signs that the biliary stent is not working (several components that should NOT be in urine are...

We have a date for the official start of the clinical trial. Day 1, cycle 1 will be this Thursday. It took a little adjusting and explaining, but we were able to get the date moved from Tuesday. Now going forward, Thursdays will be the key days for treatments and the...

Maggie is feeling well and enjoying some relaxing time at home. We're not at MD Anderson yet, but we did hear from the trial coordinator early in the week to find out when we might be going. It seems there are delays because necessary test kits had not made it to the...

During rounds this morning with the oncology team, we were given a surprise: Discharge. We are now home. Maggie's liver enzymes continue their descent. The last hurdle was crossed when Maggie ate lunch and tolerated it well. So, around 2:00 pm we returned home. The...

Maggie was admitted to Batson through the (adult) ER here at UMMC last night. She had no complications from the needle biopsy, and we made it home early Friday afternoon. However, she awoke yesterday to serious nausea. After throwing up once she began to run a fever...