Walking

On Thursday Robin got out twice to walk around the block, each trip was followed by eating and then a nap!

For a week and a half she's had blisters on her face (they look like acne). A few spots are still showing up on her arms and legs, but her face is beginning to clear up a little and looks much better.

The last couple of days she tried putting a couple of small bits of food in her mouth (once bacon, once salmon). Each time she spit it out and said things don't taste right. It would appear she still has no sense of salt or sweet (side effects of both chemo and radiation). She should reacquire her taste after some time. The last couple of days she's tried drinking "Ensure". She noted that being able to pick something up and drink it is quicker than doing the tube feedings. For tube feedings she has to heat up Nutren and a glass of water (if you poured cold liquid in the PEG tube it would instantly give you cramps). She pours the water down before and after the Nutren to "flush" the PEG tube. By pouring water in before Nutren, she checks that there is no blockage in the tube. By pouring it down after the Nutren she flushes the opaque liquid all the way to her stomach, so there is only water left in the PEG tube.