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northernraven49 said:Nothing major happening, just a lot of coughing. They took lung scans and everything looks fine.
Yesterday this rash popped up out of nowhere, and then vanished before we could even figure out what caused it. Today? It’s back again...
They stopped the skin therapy, so now we’re just sitting here waiting to see if things take a turn for the worse or if we can actually manage without it.
Everything else is pretty much the same, except all her fingernails have fallen off.
And honestly, it looks absolutely horrific.
The doctors warned us this might happen, but I really didn't expect it this soon—I thought it would be later, maybe after chemo, not on day 55...
Even though she's on slightly fewer medications than at the start, it's still an overwhelming amount of drugs being pumped into her every single day.
Next week marks three months since we arrived, and right now we're drowning in paperwork trying to get our visas approved.
Of course they're making it as complicated and difficult as possible, but we'll deal with it.
Even though we've been here three months, it feels like a lifetime. I can't even remember what our "normal" life used to feel like anymore. For most of our neighbors in the oncology ward, we seem pretty "fresh."
Last week, a 12-year-old boy finally got discharged after seven months... Discharged! That means he’s sleeping in his own bed at home again while still heading to the hospital for checkups every day. And who knows how much longer he'll be stuck here.
I really hope our stay is a bit shorter.
It's gotten quite chilly here, and you can smell autumn in the air. The weather is just like in a typical Midwest fall—slightly colder, with those annoying, dreary autumn rains making everything look gray and gloomy. It's the perfect setup for falling into a depression.
But hey, as long as the medical expertise remains steady, we'll push through the rest.
Love,
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