Day Seven at UM

Last night was uneventful and everyone slept well.  We even all went back to sleep after the doctors rounded this morning.  Eila is still in good spirits, and the nurses comment on how easy she is to take care of.  This morning she had an x-ray to check on the placement of the stent -- all looked good.  And she had an ultrasound to see that things were on the right track around her kidney (apparently there was evidence for a small accumulation of fluid there that doctors wanted to look at again) -- all looked good.  The pathology from her tumor came back: clear margins (once the doctor took more); no cancer in the lymph nodes; favorable histology.  Good, good, and good!

Unfortunately Eila's blood counts were still dropping so she needed another transfusion today.  Hopefully her numbers will be better tomorrow and that will be her last transfusion for a very long time.  The drainage from the penrose near her kidney appears to be about the same to us, but maybe we'll find out that it is actually decreasing in volume.  Now that the bag is working better again, we should be able to track that better too.

Eila was very happy that it was dog day again on the floor and she got to meet Romeo.  He was good at shaking hands and eating treats.

From July/Aug2015

Otherwise, it was a pretty average day at the hospital (movies, painting, stories, stickers, walks, etc) for us.

From July/Aug2015

The overall message from the doctors is that she's making good progress.  If her blood counts are good tomorrow, we think it's just her drainage that's an issue.  And the more they talk to us about that, the more it sounds like there's flexibility in it.  Not sure what that means yet, maybe we'll learn more tomorrow.