Introduction

Welcome to my blog about my mom, Loretta, and our journey through learning of her cancer and treatment.

Just a little background. Mom is 61 and hadn't been to a doctor in about 18 years until this past June 2011. The reason for this is due to the surmountable cost of insurance, even when your spouse has insurance it can be cost prohibitive.
So, Mom finally got approved by JPS in June and it was a good thing too, she had Basil cell carcinoma on the bridge of her nose. She underwent surgery to remove the tumor and plastic surgery reconstruction. She also has high blood pressure and Thyroid problems. We thought she was finally getting the attention she was missing and was going to be OK. Boy were we mistaken.
Mom started having some abdominal pain the first of January 2012. After talking with her and the pain getting worse, she finally agreed that she needed to go to the clinic or ER.
The following blog posts chronicle the events since then. Future posts will continue to explain treatment, issues concerning her condition and general comments.
I appreciate you taking the time to learn about what it means to be diagnosed and this type of cancer. Mom has been a trooper so far, she says "I'll beat this".

Thursday, May 3, 2012

Abscess update

5/3/12 - Thursday

Mom got moved up to the Oncology floor at 5:30am this morning. She called to let me know. I guess in case I was coming up to see her really early. Lol
I brought her a really nice bouquet of flowers. She loves them.
She's still experiencing break-through pain as well as being sore from being in bed so much.
Both drains are working very well. Her abscess is still draining some nasty looking stuff.
Even though she sleeps a lot, I know she's not getting good rest. I feel so helpless at times. I know that for her, me just being here is comforting.
Dr Rana and a few interns came in to check on mom. Her abdomen isn't as hard as it was yesterday, so he feels that it's trying to resolve the fluids on its own. Dr Fitzsimmons will be checking on her later today as well. He has done her bile drains and he did the abscess drain yesterday.
I wish Kent could be here with her. He bowls on Wed and Thur each week and the series is almost over. I know mom would like it of he were here.
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