We're back home again...

Smitty500mag · July 07, 2021 15:46

The nightmare continues. Miss June was released from the hospital yesterday after another 7 day stay. This time it was due to internal bleeding in her abdomen and pneumonia. They think the coughing from her pneumonia caused a blood vessel to break. I have to give her 2 blood thinner shots in the lower abdomen everyday so her blood is as thin as water so it don't take much of a leak to cause a lot of problem. We went through a similar episode back in January when she had a leak in her upper left thigh that caused her whole leg to turn black and blue. They gave her 3 blood transfusions back then for the blood loss but this time they can't give her a transfusion unless her hemoglobin level fell below 7.0 due to the national shortage of blood. After the last hemoglobin test yesterday her hemoglobin level has risen some to 7.9 from 7.2 the day before. They also did another CT scan to check for leaks and said none was detected. So she's at least feeling better in the abdomen area since the swelling has gone down that was causing pain from the pressure.

Oh well just another hoop the Lord has us jumping through it would appear. This is the 7th time we been back in the hospital since last September due to June's stage 4 lung and spine/bone cancer. The 2 strokes she had during spine surgery last Oct. is the reason she has to take the blood thinner she is on plus she still has some type of filter in her abdomen to catch any blood clots from her legs.

We did get some good news after her last CT scan of her lung. The tumor in her lung has now shrunk to the size of a 2 cm spot. We don't know what the chemo is doing for the cancer in the bones but at least the tumor is about gone. The doctor said this new drug she is on has 80% of stage 4 lung cancer patients that's taking the drug living an additional 3 to 5 years. So far she's already lived longer than she was expected to. June said if the pain continues to get worse she don't want to live any longer though. But it is getting better. As I type this she is sleeping in her hospital bed in our living room and she has slept since midnight last night without waking up to take any pain meds. She'll probably wake up really hurting in a few minutes but this is something she's never done since this nightmare started back last March is to sleep around the clock. She needs the rest after this last hospital stay. You can't rest in a hospital they wake you up all night long taking blood or checking vital signs etc.

The other good news this time was I was able to stay in the room with her 24 hours a day since they lifted the restricted visiting hours. The last 6 times she was in the hospital I could only stay part of the day. At one time it was for only 1 hour a day and it stressed her out being alone that long. I carry my phone every where I go in our house cause if she wakes up and I'm not at her side she panics sometimes. The drugs work for pain but they also cause her to have panic attacks at times when she gets scared.

I keep telling June that there are people that have beaten stage 4 cancer before and we need to keep fighting. I try to keep any negative thoughts out of her head. I don't know if I could go through the pain she has gone through.

We're back home again...

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