Wednesday +247 (Evening)

Jackie didn't see much improvement today. She continues to have a lot of gastrointestinal distress. She is eating almost nothing (maybe 3-400 calories per day). She did seem a little less nauseated today. However she was dizzy and disoriented at times. We have no idea why. The dizziness might have been due to the fact that she used a Scopolamine patch for nausea. The doctor had her remove it as soon as he found out she had used one. Scopolamine is typically used for motion/sea sickness and she used the transdermal patch without anyone knowing she had done so.

We met with the doctor today. He also feels that much of her current distress stems from the C-Diff flare. For this reason he decided to temporarily discontinue all antibiotics other than the Flagyl that is being used to fight the C-Diff. They will also give her a longer course of Flagyl to try and completely clear the bacteria.

The results of the bone marrow biopsy were not available today. We will meet with the doctor again on Friday to obtain the results. Her CT scans (head and abdomen) were good and she showed improvement in her lungs from the pneumonia of several months ago. Her chest X-ray was also OK.

So...hopefully the Flagyl will kick in and take care of the C-Diff problem. I think by tomorrow we may see some improvement. With some luck we might be home as early as Saturday.

Until Later....

Bruce and Jackie
From Rochester, MN