Dede - We tried a suppository yesterday late-morning and she started leaking fluid around 5:00 pm but could not evacuate her bowels. I put her in adult diapers for the evening and overnight the suppository fully did its job - she woke up with a "full diaper".

She has been coughing on and off for the past few days trying to clear her throat and it was more severe this morning. She complained of having difficulty breathing so she was taken to the hospital again by ambulance. After a few tests and x-rays, they told us that her right lung was nearly filled with fluid and her red blood and platelet counts were seriously low due to the chemo she had received last week. They gave her a unit of blood and a couple bags of platelets to correct the anemia issue and will be draining the fluid from her lung tomorrow morning.

We will be seeing the Oncologist Tuesday afternoon for her hip x-ray results (assuming she is released from the hospital tomorrow or Tuesday morning) and we will discuss her episode today with him. Clearly they will have to reduce the chemo drugs strength for her second treatment next week.

Dee- I have taken those before but never experienced any particular side that was uncomfortable. I think that with things like this we each feel them differently. Dulcolax is used in preps for colonoscopies a lot.