It's not a big deal

The surgeon took a series of Q-tip like thingys and pushed and probed through the skin into the area of interest. He agreed we should have come in, it is an infection, and he feels that his poking and probing has done what is necessary to break things up so it can heal. And, he is glad she will be back in 2 weeks for her regular appointment so he can check up on it again--plus he can see how Mary is handling the first two weeks of radiation.

He did feel the infection would have no impact on the radiation next week.

Mary did ask about the results of the three doctors discussing her case with the biphasic CT scan results. He said that he, Dr. Chang and Dr. Fisher were scheduled to review three cases tonight and Mary was one of them. That means we learn it all on Monday morning.

Mary did tell the doctors she feels she "turned the corner" and is feeling very close to normal. I have to agree! We saw it turn as the grand daughters arrived on Friday and she hit the high point Wed this week. Yesterday she had a rough spot either from missing a dose of the remaining pain killer or from waiting too long for her afternoon snack.

As for the pain killer, she is down to three pills a day and getting to two is not easy so instead we are going to increase the hours between pills: 10 hours between pills for a few days and then to 12 hours, etc. I am amazed at the impact the narcotics have on her, but that may explain why she reacts so intensely to any narcotics or opiates.

Many members of Mary's book club have volunteered with taxi duties and we're adding them to the schedule now. The difficulty is that the hospital keeps moving things around. For example, the radiation lab called today and moved the 12:30 appointment on Monday to 1:30PM. We'll need to be flexible!