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HOW'S MORGAN DOING?
Sunday, 10 December 2006

Mood:  blue
Hi,

Time for another update. I was going to do it a couple days ago, but Morgan was feeling pretty rotten and I didn't know where it would lead us.

Well, it lead us right into room 541 here at DHMC! We drove up this morning. Morgan has been in a lot of pain and we needed more powerful pain meds for her. She has had a MRI already and we think we have found the culprit causing the pain in her bum and legs, causing bladder issues, numbness and tingling in her feet, and upset belly.

Her spine is NOT compressed (Yeah!!) but another lesion was found around her sacrum (tailbone). The perimeters are a bit fuzzy, but there is something definitely there. Small, but there. Dr. Chaffee somehow worked her magic and Morgan will be getting her first radiation treatment, along with some steroids, tonight to try to shrink it (pretty darn impressive considering this has all occurred on a Sunday). It is great that they caught it...but not-so-great that it grew despite the chemo. This growth happened in a matter of 1 month. The fuzziness was not there on last month's MRI.

We now have an action plan. Radiation (her first round was just completed), steroids, pain med management and she'll have to get a catheter for her bladder. I am sooooo not looking forward to the time she truly realizes that there is another tube. Her bladder is very, very, full because they think the tumor is putting pressure on the nerves that would empty the bladder. She will feel so much better, belly and tummy wise, that I hope she can overlook the tube and realize how much better she feels. Yeah, right!

There will be more to do in the next couple of days like moderate her pain with meds that don't make her itch. Right now, she is on a morphine pump....but morphine sends her into orbit with the "itchies". Tomorrow, she will probably have a bone scan done. That is about all that I know for now. Karl is staying up here tonight but will go back tomorrow.

Thanks to friends and family that have helped us out with very little notice. I know that Ryan, the animals and things at home are being well taken care of! THANKS so very much....we couldn't be doing this without all of you!

Hope you have a good evening!

Take care and God Bless,
Lisa

Posted by super2/missmorgan at 9:44 PM EST
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