Hi gang, I am back at the helm. Summer had severe addominal pain on Sunday evening that just got worse so I called Dr. Bahador and he said to take her to the emergency room. We got there at a little after 2 am on Monday morning. They gave her pain meds, x-ray, and CT scan looking for a bowel obstruction.

The pain subsided from the meds and then the pain dissipated further by Monday morning. She has also had a bladder infection on and off and it was back on. Dr. Bahador said that the abdominal pain is a common side-effect of the surgery and chemo, and that this event may re-occur. It is part of the recovery.

Summer will have her port for chemo installed today which is a low-risk surgical procedure. Hopefully she will be coming back today but perhaps not. Next chemo is scheduled for Tuesday, once her white count is back up.

Summer asked for me to tell everyone to not send any flowers because they are potential Trojan horses; bacteria in the soil can become airbourne and cause an infection because her white count is low. This is just a precaution. She is in great spirits and has been walking quite a bit. She will take back the blog soon. ;-)

Love,

Jim