July 15, 2008
Today we saw Dr Rose and Mom had labs drawn. Mom was dehydrated and very anemic. Hematocrit was 26.2 Normal is 40-45. No wonder she is so tired all the time. They gave her a liter of IV fluids. She will get 2 units of blood on Friday AM.
Her Protime/INR is 13.2. We want to keep it between 2.0-3.0. (Coumadin level) She has a vitamin K tablet tonight (that brings it down) and will not get coumadin for a while. She will have a Protime/INR tmorrow.
She is more awake tonight. She actually dipped her own dinner (soup) from the pot and walked around some. Stephen and Jean and Meg came to visit and she was awake and stayed up and talked to them.
Mouth is better. Still sore she says, but looks tons better.
Chemo dose #2 tomorrow.
About Me
- Bonnie
- Spanaway, WA, United States
- This blog was created for people to keep up to date on Reta's cancer treatment.
1 comment:
Glad she was more alert and had more strength yesterday. She was so tired and weak when I stayed with her Monday. I went to visit my doctor today and mentioned the situation to her. She said Ensure makes a juice that's got lots of calories & it tastes a lot better than Ensure. You'd have to use your nursing connections to order it, but it could be something to try.
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