Sharon continues to be in pretty good spirits. Therapies in her treatment take about 5 hours including things like targeted chemo, T-cell IVs, and intravenous vitamin C. Her nurses and doctors are very kind, knowledgeable, and helpful. She sees at least two doctors a day monitoring her condition. Other therapies she's doing are supporting and strengthening her immune system. She gets three highly nutritious meals a day to help build her body up.
Improvements are taking place each day including full range of motion on her right shoulder (as was mentioned already), but also her hips were starting to feel painful and both of these problems have completely gone away. She had a chest x-ray done that came up normal and clear of any issues there. Though she's moving a bit slower then her normal spunky self, she isn't in pain and is able to get up and walk around without too much fatigue.
Sharon's biggest issue right now is getting her blood levels up to normal as she's been low on both hemoglobin and platelets. Once she's normal again the treatments can be increased even more to kill off these nasty cancer cells. This is our current emergency and critical to her continued treatment to healing. Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers regarding this specific issue. Sharon has a rare blood type (A-) and it's been difficult to get. Today they have not been able to find her needed supply as of yet.
Sharon has mentioned many times that she is thankful she is here and able to get some treatment done while waiting for her platelets and red blood cells to start making their own and not just being a "sitting duck and doing nothing", she said.
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