Today Jenny is feeling quite a bit better, but a little battered and tired.
Yesterday we got a call to be at the Jubilee Hospital at 1:15 for an ultrasound. From there, she would be taken to the cancer clinic, and they would drain her abdomen.
In the end, they drained 3 1/2 litres of fluid from her! Even though she felt totally thrashed, it was a relief to her to have that pressure taken away.
During the process, Dr. McMurtrie came by to see her, and explained the new chemo regime. There is a new chemo drug that was not available last year. At this point, it is not given to everyone, but she thinks Jenny will be a good candidate for it. The treatment will last for 1 1/2 hours (as opposed to 5 hours last time), and she most likely will not lose her hair. There will be 6 treatments, spaced 4 weeks apart the same as last time.
Her oncology intake meeting is for Friday morning, then I guess we will find out what time she is to be there on Monday.
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Just to clarify, Jenny is not in the hospital. She was just there as a day patient. She is not expected to be hospitalized for this. The chemo will be done at eh cancer clinic through the day.
