Hey everyone! Hope you're ready for a little twist! For the next little while, both Venissa and I will be updating her blog occasionally. I'll be posting when she is too tired or busy with various treatments, then she will post whenever she feels up to it :) My name is Jackie - I met Venissa in high school, then we ended up in the same residence when we came to university. We had just moved into an apartment together to start our second year of school when she received her diagnosis over a year ago now. But that's enough about me!
Venissa is still in the hospital, and most of her lungs are filled with tumour progression, which is making it difficult for her to breathe. The shortness of breath is pretty terrifying, but they do have a plan to try to improve it! Today the doctors are going to try to radiate her lungs to see if they can reduce the tumour growth and make it a little easier for Venissa to breathe. Also, in the past few days they have put her on medications to keep her sedated to a certain level to help her deal with the horrible feeling of constantly being short of breath. Let's all pray that today's radiation will work to make our beautiful Venissa a little more comfortable!!!
Thanks so much for the update Jackie, I've been trying to keep up with what's going on without disturbing Venissa too much.
ReplyDelete@Venissa: Thinking of you mdear, crossing my fingers that all the pain meds and the radiation will work! We shall talk some other time when you're feeling better :)
Hugs and kisses from China to both of you!
-Susanna