Odds and ends

I’ll be checking in on Betsy later today and will post an update on her condition later.In the meantime I thought you may enjoy reading excerpts from various emails and comments shared by friends and colleagues.

From GG, a lifelong Baltimore native “Does eating crabs metaphorically work for consuming cancer?”

From CM, a Baltimore native now in Atlanta “please doesn’t tell me crabcakes aren't part of that chemo diet.”

From JM, a former colleague of Dr. Sardi, “I’d let him take my brain out and put I back in.”

Someone asked "What's with the hammock? Simply that's the carrot in front of the Donkey. It's where Betsy enjoys hanging out when she's at "A Shore Thing".

I was also asked to explain a little more about Betsy’s procedure. Following surgery to remove any visible tumors, Betsy was connected to a series of catheters and a pumping device that bathed the entire abdominal cavity with the chemotherapy drugs for approximately two hours.The high temperature of the solution has been found to increase the drug's therapeutic effect. The fluid goes throughout the abdomen to treat any tumor cells that may remain after surgery. Both heat and direct contact with chemotherapy drugs kills the cancer cells. Here's an animation of the process.