Robin is Back in the hospital - 5/31/05

 
FYI, Robin is back in the hospital. She had an infection in the right wound, and she agreed to the doctor's recommendations for intravenous antibiotics as a quicker to cure the problem.

Robin saw her oncologist, Dr. McClure, yesterday. She went over the pathology from Robin's mastectomies, and described the next course of treatment. Robin will receive 6 weeks of Radiation, five days a week, and she will receive four additional chemotherapies (different chemicals, though). Neither therapy will start until the infection is gone, and the two therapies will run consecutively. McClure said that the probability of cancer recurrence is greater than 50%. Robin was pretty upset by this information, but she seems to be doing better.

Dr McClure decided that we needed to go from her office to the surgeon's (Dr. Mason) office because of the infection. Dr. Mason discussed the options and Robin agreed that she should expedite the end of the infection by intravenous antibiotics. If it does not improve in 48 hours, Dr. Mason will "Debride" (pronounced, "Dee-Breed" meaning, "the surgical removal of lacerated, devitalized, or contaminated tissue") the wound. She is fine otherwise, except for lack of sleep. If all goes well, she should be out on Thursday afternoon.

Larry

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