This writing is for November 3, 2014 through November 14, 2014. I was in the hospital and the following is a daily log of what took place. Thank You for Knowing. I get up early and go to the hospital for some random “check-ups” my doctor has ordered – a PET scan and a CAT scan. From there we drive to the motor vehicle department for Eugene to renew his license. My phone rings while there (almost three hours!), and it is my oncologist. He says “We have to admit you right away. Your right lung is full of blood clots.” Needless to say, Im shocked. Never expected this. So off to the hospital and admitted on Monday and put on Heparin drip. Tuesday morning, my pulmonogist comes in and orders a filter to be put into my lower chest to catch any more clots. I am feeling unwell. The process, going through my neck, is not as easy as they say it will be. But it is done successfully. On Wednesday morning, I awaken with a terrible pain in my left shoulder. The arm is sore anyway from a permanent catheter they have placed in there, apparently wrong! My cardiologist comes in and orders a few more tests and discovers three clots in the right ventricle of my heart. Thursday brings a travelling of the shoulder pain to both knees. I cant get up and the room is tiny. I wind up sleeping most of the time. Friday brings visitors from the hospital. Eugenes coworkers visit. People from other departments visit. One girl who treated me last August, had seen my name and came to pray with me. There are such compassionate spiritual workers there! Saturday, after I had been told by the oncologist and the radiation oncologist that the cancer had “miraculously shrunk” to a much smaller size, my GP comes in and says “I guess the oncologist told you that the PET scan is much worse.” I sort of catch my breath. It was just the shock of this totally “opposite” diagosis! I hadnt been told that at all. I tell him that. He says to me “Let me call the oncologist.” He goes and returns ½ hour later and says “Forget what I said.” I had not had a PET scan before and it seemed the oncologist and radiation oncologist felt the “lighting up” in the PET scan areas was more from the postradiation inflammation and burn, and the inflammation from clots. I sigh a sigh of relief, realizing fully well that right now, I have to be prepared for whatever. This is an unpredictable situation. Sunday is a wonderful day. Although I am exhausted and sleep much of the time, my wonderful nephew Harry his wonderful wife Leslie and daughter Cassidy, drive two and one-half hours to spend three hours with me! What a wonderful time! Singing, laughter, jokes, and considerate love and caring. God bless them. I should mention through all of this that Louis and Teresa are doing whatever they can to help and Qui Qui calls every day and will be coming soon! Monday I feel some improvement in the joint pain. Tuesday I realize everyone is doing their best, but I need all of my doctors to talk to each other and be on the same page. Wednesday, they talk to each other, and there is really nothing more they can institute in the hospital to aid in my progress. Plans are starting to be arranged for discharge. Ah. Home to my little buddies (the cats and bird) and my lake and the beautiful view outside the window! Wednesday night I am discharged with new medications for blood thinning, etc. I realize how lucky I am. If the clots had not been found, I most likely could very well be dead now. “Someone” is most definitely thinking of my and protecting me! If the heart doctor hadnt gone further to find the heart clots, they could have travelled later. The prayers and good thoughts of so many are felt by me, and I am blessed with love, caring and healing. I will restart chemotherapy on Tuesday next week, and I am so grateful for the opportunity to experience all of this love and care. I am grateful that those two random tests picked all of this up and that the pulmonologist instantly put in the filter. Thank You for Knowing. God bless this day and all who walk into it. Edie 11/3/2014 – 11/14/2014 FOR TODAY I bless You Lord, for all You do for me. youtube/watch?v=q-XCmb6t6Zw
Posted on: Fri, 14 Nov 2014 17:12:37 +0000
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