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Dear Barb’s Army,

Barb has been in the hospital since sunday. Dr Merchant thinks Barb had colitis, possibly typhlitis. Typhlitis is inflammation of the bowel due to a low WBC. Barb had a low WBC due to the chemotherapy and radiation. Barb is still in some abdominal pain which needs to get under better control before she goes home. Barb has been on antibiotics and has continued to get radation while in the hospital. She is slowly getting better and should be out of the hospital soon.
Keep the prayers going.
Love
Katie

Dear Barb’s Army,
Jason and Dianne took Barb to the Emergency Room today (Sunday) because Barb was having terrible abdominal pain. There does NOT seem to be a blockage in her bowel/colon. She has lots of fluid in her abdominal area and they are not quite sure why. Also, her white cells were very low (probably due to the radiation), so she is being given antibiotics. The hospital is doing other tests, so they took some blood and pictures. Barb will be spending the night in the hospital to keep her comfortable and control the abdominal pain. Dr. Merchant will round on her tomorrow. Please keep Barb in your prayers. Love, MK

Dear Barb’s Army,
I’m BACK from Italy! What a great trip Ken and I had for our 25th wedding anniversary! I want to thank Katie for doing the posts while I was gone!
Here is the latest: Barb will start radiation on Monday on her back, and they are going to zap her hard to try and give her some relief from ALL the horrific back pain. Radiation will last 10-20 days depending on how she tolerates it. On Tuesday, July 27th Barb will have a small dose of Abraxane chemotherapy as well. As soon as Barb is done with radiation she will begin a regimen of Abraxane/Gemzar chemotherapy. This is the plan as of right now. The antibiotic seems to be working on the infection in the bile duct. This is good news.
Obviously, keep Barb in your prayers. Her back pain is excruciating. PRAY hard that she gets some relief from the back pain with the radiation.
Keep the faith. Love, MK