More on mom

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Ok , Joe got home from the mall with kids about 8pm , he went in and checked on

mom , and then came into our bedroom and said she needs to go in.

The following will tell you how sick mom is , normally when mom has to go to the

hospital , she is the type that HAS to shower , dress in nice clothes , fix her

hair ETC ETC.

And she balks all the way there.

Tonight she said ok , she did NOT even get out of her nightgown, we just put a

robe over her and a pair of slippers on and she went like that

WILLINGLY!!!!!!!!!!!

They put her right into a emergency room , so she didnt have to wait in waiting

room with all the rest of the sick folk.

However thats the fastest thing they did,

9:pm she is in room , stomach hurting bad , especially when she lays flat

9:15 nurse Chuck listens to lung and wants urine sample , give mom hospital

gone to put on , no baggie to put clothes in.

9:45 mom is FREEZING , wants blanket we ring for Chuck , no one comes, 10

minutes later they FINALLY answer call , 10:10 we flag someone down in hall to

get a blanket!!!

10:30 We havent heard or seen Chuck since he first came in , finally flag him

down in the hall , mind you they havent even taken blood , started IV NOTHING .

10:45 Chuck comes in to get blood start IV for fluids ( and why wasnt this done

sooner who knows) , says they are going to have to insert a catheter, because

the urine sample wasnt enough.

11:00 Nurse comes in puts in folley

11:15 Doc comes in , very nice man , askes question, then palpitates moms

stomach to which she about hit the roof, from the pain , I am looking at the

doctors face and he is frowning , and says hmmm it hurts really bad there but

pain all over ? mom says yes.

He had explained about the chemo and the lining of stomach which we already new

( I should be a nurse )

11:30 they say have to run blood tests and urine test , would take about an hour

and she may have to stay overnight to get rehydrated.

I have come home to put the kids to bed , mom and dad are still there with

instructions to call me if anything different comes up.

(We live 3 blocks from hospital , If I ran I could be up there in under 5min but

then I would have to be admitted.)

Please say a prayer for mom , it bothers me that the extreme stomach pain is

left of the bellybutton , thinking colon cancer of all things , we shall pray

that its not and just the chemo , however , I know for a fact she has had issues

with diarrhea before chemo , just NEVER this bad , but bad enough for me to keep

pestering her about a colonoscopy which she hasnt had done yet . DAM stubborn

woman

Thanks for the support prayers , and everything else

Deb

33yrold husband Joe, was diagnosed with CC in Sept,

resection on Sept 27th 2004

found mets to the abdominal wall lining 3 lymph nodes involved

open wound from infection until Jan 2005

Ileostomy reversal Dec 7th 2004

Chemo regiment begun Jan 2005

5fu/levorican/Oxaplatin/ Avastin added Feb 14 2005 (Happy Valentines

Calcium Magnesium added for the Tingles Feb 28 2005

Ct Scan done March 23rd 2005 , 16 millimeter cyst like object on liver found

April 1 2005 PET scan done awaiting results

April 11 PET SCAN SHOWS

NED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

May 9 Plateletts are low 75,000

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