Iressa, Iressa 愛蕊莎，愛蕊莎

Two weeks break has come to the end today. It was good and our patient enjoyed it immensely in a form of couch potato. She ate small portion of everything, mostly Ensure though. Coughing is almost gone and no throw-up or diarrhea.

兩週停藥的好日子今天要結束嘍，我們的病人躺在沙發上足足享受了兩週。除了每日“安素”為主，其他食物她也能略略嘗一嘗。咳嗽已漸漸好了，不吐也不拉。

Well, doctor prescribes few stomach medicines to go with Iressa. We're hopeful she won't have the same havoc of last time.

這一次，邱大夫開了兩種胃藥，希望可以避免上次那樣翻天覆地的折騰。

When we met with Dr. Chiu (邱), he even suggested we stop Iressa at all since it gave her such a havoc. According to him, maybe it's not worth the trouble since she underwent two major surgeries and radiation treatment of the brain, and most of all, doctors could not find signs of tumor inside her body with naked eyes for the time being. What a character, Dr. Chiu! He threw the ball at our court instead. Well, now it's our decision rather not the suggestion out his professional insight that we decide to press on to give this Iressa another shot. See how Eileen's body bears it this time.

週三見邱大夫時，他“老人家”甚至還建議我們乾脆把藥停掉算了。按他的說法，藹玲動了兩次大手術加上放射治療，一時間肉眼也找不到癌細胞的蹤影。好個邱大夫，真有你種，居然把球丟給我們！現在反而變成是我們的決定要繼續試藥。接下來就看病人的身體是否接得了招嘍。

She remains a couch potato and won't budge and go out with me to the nearby mountain area smelling the mountain mist and breathing its air.

我們的沙發美人仍然不肯接受邀請前往山上嗅嗅山嵐，呼吸山裡的新鮮空氣。

We'll Take Two Weeks Break 停藥兩週

Dr. Chiu agrees that we stop Iressa for two weeks if it upsets her digestive system so much. She takes X-ray and the image shows her pleural effusion, fluid in her lung cavity is pretty much gone while the lung expands to full up the pocket.
既然五臟六肺都攪得一塌糊塗，胸腔內科的邱大夫也同意停藥兩週。病人照了X光，影像顯示胸腔積水基本已排除，肺葉也擴充開了。


Once out of the hospital, she is a changed person. She eats porridge, even sips tapioca tea from Michael's cup on the way home. She determines to live for the moment and casts her weariness to the wind for the time being.
出了醫院就換了個人樣。回家路上，經過娘家時喝了路邊攤販賣的粥，還吸上幾口珍珠奶茶。暫時忘掉服藥的痛苦，先輕鬆一陣子再說。

She Losts about 10 lbs. within Two Weeks 兩週下來掉了近十磅

We decide to stop the medicine starting Sat. and she has lost about 10 lbs. or 4.5 kg. within a week or two. She would be thrilled to shed this much fat in other time, but it raises concern now. Vomit and diarrhea are getting worse, the former in particular. Rash and fungus infection are minor issues.
週六起我們決定暫時停藥，這一兩週下來她已掉了近四五公斤。若是往常這會是求之不得的好事情，現在的狀況則令人擔心。上吐下瀉一直沒停過，似乎越發嚴重，前者尤其。身上的疹子和真菌感染反而顯得其次了。


The patient is getting weak and her diet is about Ensure mixed with oats milk power only.
病人彌弱，每天只吃“安素”混燕麥植物奶粉的流質。


We're going to see doctor tomorrow (Monday)
我們明天要去看醫生。