I haven't been keeping this blog up to date. Basically Carla was able to come home last Thursday after meeting with two neurologists. They couldn't promise that they could get her back to be pain free but Dr. Pait said he could improve her quality of life. He would have to extend the metal rods further down her back and pin them to better vertebrae.
While at home she has to get blood work done on Mondays with the results faxed to Little Rock. She gets an IV of Zometa today. Zometa is a chemical that facilities bone repair. She had Zometa last September and again in October when she was being treated in Springfield. I have the task of giving Carla her daily Lovenox injection. Carla has an appointment with the Springfield neurologist who did her back surgery to see what he thinks would be the best solution to her back's hardware problem.
We plan to return to Little Rock on April 10th or 11th. Starting on Monday, April 12th she will have two days of tests. She starts the week with a 7:00 a.m. MRI. On Wednesday, she has an appointment with Dr. Barlogie to go over the test results. If there are no problems she will get the catheter implanted that afternoon, get the high-dose melphalan on Thursday and get her second stem cell transplant on Friday, April 16th.
Most likely I won't have any updates to this blog until we get back in Little Rock. We are enjoying the warm spring-like weather, the green grass and dafidills. We are enjoying having Carla's daughter, Carissa, with us and we appreciate her cooking! It gives Carla a break from my TV and heat-and-serve dinners.
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