Alison moved out of ICU yesterday, now is in the Neuro unit and doing well, per the report from Kirk last night. She seems to be doing (mostly) well with her regimen of pain medications and anti-nausea medications. She has all of the various tubes out (except for the drain from the surgery incision) and is moving well, communicating well, and generally seems way ahead of where she was compared to the surgery 13 months ago.
They spoke with one of the neuro-oncologists - he looked in on her, since Dr. Chang is out this week - to update how she is doing; once cleared from this surgery, she will be on a clinical trial with a new anti-glioma drug that shows real promise. I'll update you all on that once Alison is farther along in her post op course. The trial involves using this new drug for patients who had to have a second surgery to treat their tumor recurrence/progression.
I'll have more for you tomorrow. I'm going to UCSF later today for Alison-Watch. I'll give her lots of kisses from all of you!
Love,
Deborah
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