January 20, 2007 (Saturday)

I hand-fed Ashley today. She still doesn’t seem to be feeling to well. She has been waking up (unless she’s only resting at the time) and having sort of gag attacks. She has them usually when we’d give her the prednisone pull or when I get her up to eat or pee after she’s been sleeping/resting for a long time. Ashley seems as though she starts to heave like she’s going to throw-up, but usually gets nothing up – sometimes she gets a little bit of spit or some yellowish bile if she hasn’t eaten in a little while. This attempt to throw-up makes her gag or hack. She usually does this twice before settling back down.

I don’t know if it’s the chemo, the cancer, an upset tummy or the lump pressing on her esophagus. If she’s still doing it by Friday, January 26th, I’ll have to mention it to Dr. Harris to see if there’s anything she can figure out to do.