Sleeping at home

Robin finished her continuous "5FU" drip at 12:30pm. We left the hospital soon afterward and arrived home about 4:30. Robin slept for most of the drive. When we got home she ate some Jello and a poached egg before falling back to sleep. When she awoke she ate chocolate pudding!

The first course of chemo went very well. We could see a very noticeable shrinking of the tumor! Robin is experiencing much reduced pain and discomfort. The tumor showing in her gums has definitely receded. On the downside she has had trouble eating anything solid for several days and she has been very sleepy. Mild nausea was pretty common, but well controlled with compazine. Now that she has the PEG tube, eating solid food is less critical because we can put food right into her stomach but it's great to see her eating again!

Jonathan is on his way back home. Thanks for everything Jonathan - it's hard to explain how much you helped us by going along on the trip! It was great to de-stress with you over pizza, and it was wonderful that you could accompany Robin for procedures while I went out and worked out details for our next trip down. We had the best Chinese food in New York (steered there by cousin Petey) and lots of pizza!