Trish has been doing great with this round of chemo...but when I came in today, she didn't seem quite right. Her speech was slurred and I had to ask her to repeat herself several times today. They are keeping her full of fluids and she runs to the rest room once or twice and hour to get rid of them. When she gets up she wobbles and teeters, I was nervous that she would fall. Right after I stabilized her se would walk to the rest room just fine.
We were ready to leave and I decided to follow Dr. Griffiths advice and tell the nurse to have her checked out before discharging us. Trish of course is mad at me for speaking up, but it was the right thing to do.
The nurse came in and tested her -- she was off, but not too bad. Than the fellow came in and tested her and she did ok....missed some of the queues. Than Dr. Levis came in and repeated the tests. He said that she was definetly having cerebellum toxicity from the chemo, but it wasn't bad, it was still pretty mild. BUT he didn't want to let her go home tonight. So, we will be in the hospital one more night. She is on full precautions, she can't get out of bed without some help. Dr. Levis also said that these side effects can last up to a week and should decrease each day. In the meantime, she will be on 80cc's of fluid per hour overnight to help flush her system.
If you are bored tonight, you will be much like Trish...Pick up the phone and give her a call. The number is to the left....Her speech may be a little slurred, but I am sure she would be happy to here from you.
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