Update 9/18/2012

On Wednesday 9/12/2012 Elisa was admitted into the hospital due to some issues we thought were due to her last chemo treatment.  The Doctor admitted Elisa to run some more extensive test to determine the problem.  On Thursday, Elisa had a emergency colostomy due to a blockage in her colon caused by a tumor.  The surgery went very well.  Elisa was placed into ICU for precautionary reasons after surgery but had to stay for 4 days because of her white blood cell count was extremely low and blood pressure was unstable.  On 9/18/12 Elisa was moved out of ICU to a regular room.  She is doing great and her Doctors are very please in her progress.  As of today, we do not know how long she will remain in the hospital.  Her spirits are high and feels better each day.

She has her phone with her and is checking Facebook and email regularly.  She is slowly answering her emails and Facebook messages.  

I will update you in few days on how Elisa is doing.  Sorry if I haven’t posted anything earlier but it has been a rough 6 days.  Alan was posting updates on Facebook and I was emailing and calling family members with updates during the day and night.

Thanks agin for your support and prayers.

Terry

Camping trip - Labor Day 2012

Update 9/5/2012

I just wanted to post an update on Elisa.  She had a set back last week during her doctor visit.  The week prior, Elisa had a CAT scan.  As of now her tumors are not shrinking and one new tumor was located in the liver.  Over the past month, Elisa was on a new chemo regime that was easier on her body.  Which improved her bone marrow count and white/red blood cell counts.  With the results of the CAT scan, the doctor has changed her chemo regime, which started today.  This new chemo regime has some side effects but we are keeping our fingers crossed that Elisa will not experience any of the side effects. 

Her chemo session went very well today and did not experience any side effects but she could experience some of the side effects in several days or upcoming week(s).  Please continue to keep Elisa in your thoughts and prayers.  She is strong and determined to fight this disease.

I would like to apologize for being slow in updating the blog over the past few months.  I promise to keep you up to date on how Elisa is doing.

Terry