Friday the 13th brings GOOD news!

As we are learning, things can change rapidly in Karri's world. Today the medical team agreed to try and work for her release early next week with the idea that she can continue to convalesce at home until her chemo start date. They appear to recognize that Karri will thrive emotionally in the home setting and they believe the infection is responding well enough to antibiotics that she can be successfully released with a portable home pump. Her nutritional profile is also improving with all that she has been receiving through IV lines at the hospital this past week and they think she can continue the TPN IV nutrition through an IV line from home as well. So far she is also responding well to the abdominal drain tube they placed yesterday. They have drained over 3 liters of fluid produced by the cancer cells since it was inserted yesterday and they hope that it won't build up so dramatically with this arrangement. If they can keep the fluid down, her nausea and pain should also decrease. Karri is very motivated to make this work if at all possible and so is the entire family. We will meet with the medical planning team at the hospital on Monday morning to learn the routine for her home cares needs beyond that which will be taken care of by home nurses. Keep your fingers crossed for her!