WOW. It's been almost a week since I was last able to post and a LOT of things have taken place since then. I'm not sure that it's necessary to go into all of it, when the most important part is that my Mom was taken via ambulance to the ER department last night and was admitted at 4 am to the Critical Care Cluster on the Oncology Floor.
Against my will and better judgement we (Matt and I) brought my Mom home on Tuesday from CTCA (Cancer Treatment Center of America) in Philadelphia. I understood that she wanted to be home for the Holiday but considering her physical health and mental status I did NOT think this was a good idea, but did it anyway hoping I was being over cautious. Unfortunately, I was NOT being ridiculous.
Last time I took her home from the hospital it was St. Peter's and it was for 4 days and she then became an Emergency Admission in CTCA. This time she was home for 3 days and became and Emergency Admission to Critical Care.
It seems that her lung (right side with Cancer) has filled up again and that fluid has accumulated around the outside of the lung. The fluid in the lung can be forced out with medication, it's the exterior fluid that is threatening. This fluid becomes too heavy and can collapse the lung. So, this afternnon, they will be doing another Thorasic Procedure (also done at CTCA) to remove the fluids. They go in through her back and take it out. The first time this was done in CTCA it took about 18 days for the fluid to build up to a dangerous level. This time it took 8 days.
Also, she was sent home with 24/7 oxygen, breathing treatments, and a lot of medication. A normal and good breating rate of oxygen is 97. Anything below 90 will cause the machine to start blinking red to notify the staff that the person has reached an inappropriate level. My Mom has been running at 82-87 without oxygen. As of last night in the ambulance she was at 77 oxygen and while in the ER she dropped to 62 oxygen. She is currently on 100% oxygen which can only be used for short term because at long term it has many many serious side effects - one of them being blindness. They have tried to slowly take her off 100% and use a regular oxygen tank and have been unsuccessful. So, as of right now she is on 100%.
Hopefully, after they do the draining they will be able to change her oxygen supply and amount.
At this point there is still no diagnosis or primary. This means that NO CHEMO can be started. The only information I was given by CTCA is that this is a very, very, very rare and agressive Cancer. Until the biopsy results come back no more information is available.
Due to the fact that my Mom is on a mask she can NOT talk on the phone. I'm not sure about visitors, but at this point would have to say that it's "not a good idea" for people to be going to see her.
I think I've included everything, not sure. Only have 1 working brain cell left and it's not at full strength!!!!
Will try and post again soon. Thank you everyone for your thoughts, prayers and emails. We love you all.
Hugs and Kisses.
KEEP PRAYING...........
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