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".

Wednesday, May 2, 2012

Surgery today

5/2/12 - Wednesday

Mom has a baseball sized abscess near her hepatic arteries. Also, her liver isn't processing her body's ammonia and she's got a lot of fluid in her abdomen. Doctor is pretty sure if they drain the fluid it will just come back.
We have been waiting all day for them to take her to surgery to drain the abscess. At that time they will access if they should drain her abdomen as well.
Mom is in extreme pain.

Ok, they finally got her to take her to surgery. I'm waiting in the surgical recovery area for her return.
Doctor said this infection is probably due to the numerous drains they've had to replace. he wants to drain just the abscess and see if that resolves the abdominal fluid.
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