Hospital Stay #...... We've Lost Count

 This past Sunday Mom was admitted again in UAB.  She had been hurting on and off all last week and by Friday it had gotten pretty bad.  She threw up most of the weekend, but wasn't getting any relief.  Usually with her obstructions she gets some relief when she throws up.

I tried to convince her to go Friday night, but she didn't want to yet.  Bless her! She stood it til Sunday and finally had all she could take.  

By all means it was a #IHATECANCER weekend!

The top picture is one she snapped when she first got in her bed.  This next one is one she sent after the tube was put back in. 

 She had her CT scan yesterday around lunch time.  Yesterday afternoon Dr. Huh came back with the results.  Her CA125 is up to 3600.  It went up 300 from last month.  He was pleased that it had only gone up a few hundred rather than thousands like the month before.  

She does however have pneumonia, a blood clot in her left side, and he said her cancer is worse than it was on her last scan.  It's not as bad as he was thinking it may be (because of her levels), but yet still worse than the last scan.  He still has high hopes for this chemo to work.  We really need for her tumor nodules on her intestines to go down or better yet... away.  That would help prevent these obstructions from happening monthly.  

She is on a good bit of pain medicine & she is getting 4 shots of blood thinner a day in her stomach. Hopefully the blood clot will go away.  We are so very thankful that Dr. Huh decided to do the CT Scan because without it we wouldn't have known about the blood clot.  Even though these days are the toughest days of our lives thus far (And by our I am referring to our whole family), I can still see God at work.  He knew she needed that scan so we would know there was a clot.  Wouldn't it be a heck of a note to fight this long and then end the battle with a blood clot?  

Side note.... mom & I were just talking about that... how so many people battle things and then end up losing to something not even related to their battle.  Even like a car wreck or something.  

She'll be here a little while longer.  We're not sure if she'll be able to get chemo before she leaves or not.  He said that was up in the air right now.  She needs to be well before chemo.  

He is trying really hard to avoid surgery.  Opening her up puts the cancer at risk for spreading, plus it takes weeks to recovery from the surgery he would have to do on her intestines.  

Watching what she goes through daily is pretty tough.  I cannot imagine being in her shoes and feeling the physical AND emotional pain that she feels constantly.  She is so brave and so strong and is constantly being positive for all of us.  

Please keep praying!

This was last night when she was face-timing us.  I couldn't get one of her face-timing with the other 2.