by James & Shannon | Sep 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
Sep. 14th and 15th Not much to report. Shannon was really tired and achy all weekend. Sep. 16th We had a meeting at Methodist Hospital with the BMT Social Worker and aslo with the BMT doctor. (BMT = Bone Marrow Transplant) First we went to the Outpatient Building...
by James & Shannon | Sep 19, 2024 | Uncategorized
September 10th Nothing significant to report. September 11th Shannon had lab work and a visit with NP Manila. We did her visit a day early (Wed instead of Thur) because she had an IT Chemo scheduled for Thursday. Her hemoglobin was right at the lower limit of 7, so...
by James & Shannon | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Monday Aug. 9th Shannon had a cell count check this morning and then we met with Manila the NP. While we were waiting for her to get her blood drawn, we overheard two men talking in the lab waiting area. One of them said he was a recording artist in Nashville. So the...
by James & Shannon | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
Shannon had a couple of days after we got home where she was very tired and weak. This is getting to be quite the norm and expected. After a couple of days she felt better and she’s been doing lots of cooking and cleaning. She overdoes it some days and gets...
by James & Shannon | Sep 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
August 2nd was Labor Day. It was pretty quiet around the hospital. Shannon started was on her final bag of IV chemo. It finally finished around 7am on August 3rd. The Oncology Team (Dr. Mims and Residents) and the attending stopped by. They said she was good to...
by James & Shannon | Sep 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
Friday the 30th The first bag of IV chemo got started around 2am or so. This was the quickest start yet. It was probably less than 12 hours from admission. So she was admitted, PICC line placed, lab work done, chemo mixed up and started in less than 12 hours…not...
