Ding, dong, the pain is gone. Hard to imagine, with the back and forth agonizing these last few days, but my right leg is now simply numb. What an amazing relief. At times the numbness wears off just a bit and there’s a sense of discomfort, or weakness, but no heavy-duty adjectives.
The office of specialists who put in my pain pump goes by the name The Center for Pain and Supportive Care. Dr. Lisa Jo Stearns is the founder, and the one who performed my operation. This morning it was Jennifer Kiser from the team who stopped in to check on me. I told her my leg felt fine and I was feeling coherent. (Yesterday I could barely form sentences in the afternoon, I was so drugged). She left without changing my settings, wishing me luck.
Joanne was in later in the morning, an assistant from my oncology office. She says chemotherapy may begin tomorrow. It will depend on whether or not my infection stays reduced and my fever doesn’t come back.
Time is going by incredibly slow today and I’ve been dozing on and off. I expect to just kick back in front of the television (or laptop movies) for the rest of the day, then get updates for tomorrow’s therapy.
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Morgan, I’ll be praying that you stay pain, infection and fever free so you can start chemo. Then we can all start praying that it does it’s job. I love you!