Saturday at 6PM

Mary did get her CT Scan done. And, the preliminary report is that no obvious blockage is observed in her liver.  The final reading by the specialist(s) will be done by tomorrow.  What does that mean?  We don't know, it was a fairly junior rambler who delivered that message and he was not giving us any clue as to what it meant.  


The pain docs are in the loop and they seem to change her drugs every couple of hours.  They are trying to give her comfort and to keep her awake at the same time.  So far, they either put her to sleep or if she is awake, she is in pain.  Hopefully they will home in on a solution that balances out the pain vs alertness/drowsiness.  


Mary has been on an IV for fentanyl, fentanyl patch at 12 and 25micrograms/hr plus she is on Celebrex and now Cymbalta.  She is also approved for Roxycodone at various (increasing) doses as needed.  


The priority is to get Mary comfortable and then really dive in on the liver. From what I can tell, the oncology docs are moving faster than the pain docs so we'll probably hear about the liver long before they find an optimum point for the pain.