Update II

Mom had her cysto on Tuesday, and as far as the urologist could tell the blood in her urine is caused by irritation from her newest chemo. This is good news, however, she will not be able to continue with her chemo until this is completely cleared up.

I am going to stay with Mom on Sunday and go to the doctor with her Monday. Hopefully the Dr. will be able to use another chemo for now until her problem clears up. I will keep you all updated.

I cannot express enough to all of you how thankful I am for the support we are receiving. Please keep praying for my mom. It is so hard to see her like she is right now. I know that if it weren't for prayer she may not even be here right now. Thank you again...you have no idea what it means to read your comments and encouraging words.

Mom Update

I wanted to take the time to update everyone on my mom. She went to see Dr. Wade on Monday. She told him that she almost felt like she needed to be in the hospital because she just didn't feel well. This is when I knew my mom was sick. She DOES NOT want to be in the hospital no matter what. When he checked her blood results her white blood cells and hemoglobin were extremely low. Her bilirubin was also high again. He thought it was best for her to be admitted and have a blood transfusion.

RECAP:
Mom has not been able to take her chemo that has been working for three weeks now. This is due to the fact that she has blood in her urine. When they did a Urinalysis they discovered that she had an Ecoli bladder infection. Because the new chemo can cause severe bleeding she would be unable to take it until the infection and blood was completely cleared up. (this is the chemo that has actually been working).

Back to Monday....Mom still has blood in her urine even though the infection is gone. Dr. Wade suggested they do a Cystocopy to explore her bladder. This will let us know if the new chemo has been irritating her bladder or if she has a polyp there. (pray it is not the latter).

On Monday night mom received two blood transfusions. Her hemoglobin went up, but her wbc went down to 1.8 which is very low. She is on neutropenic isolation (we all have to wear masks to keep from giving her any bugs) until the counts go up. She will have the cysto today sometime to see what may be causing her bleeding. Please pray that they find it is only irritation.

This is really all I know now, but I will try to keep you all updated.

Happy Father's Day!

Happy Fathers Day to all the Dad's out there. Hope you all have a special Day. It takes such a special person to be a dad. I have to say my husband is one of the best. I hope Nick grows up to be half the man he is.

Summer Vacation is Over

Its official...My summer vacation ended at 8:30 am. I started my very first Nursing Class. I am taking Clinical Calculations. I could have tested out of the class, but chose not to. I thought it would be a great refresher and why wouldn't you take the class (unless you are an LPN) to learn about all the meds?

Jess and I got to class about 20 minutes early. We drank our coffee and waited for our instructor to arrive. When she arrived and introduced herself we figured out she will be one of the easier instructors, but we should not get used to it.

We were breezin through class fine when all of a sudden I felt like I was going to get sick. I did not want to leave in the middle of class, so I tried to hold back...I couldn't. I had to leave. I got sick on my first day of Nursing school. Not just once, but twice. I don't normally get sick so I guess I have to chalk it up to too many cups of coffee, no breakfast, the stress of starting a new class and whatever else may have been on my mind.

And no I am NOT pregnant!

Hopefully Thursday will go a little smoother.

PaPa Frenchie's Big Truck

Nick is crazy about trucks right now. He is especially crazy about "Big Trucks". My Step dad (not father in law, as I referred to him in previous posts) drives a semi. He took Nick on a surprise visit to experience a "Big Truck" first hand. He drove him around the parking lot a few times, let him honk the horn, and even let him jabber on the CB. Nick has not quit talking about "Papa Finchy bid twuck" since we left Effingham. Thank you Mike for a great surprise!

PaPa Frenchie

Happy Birthday Xander

On Sunday, Nick and I went to Effingham to celebrate Xander's 9th birthday. He had a baseball party. It was a lot of fun. I did not take very many pictures because we were all to busy playing baseball!

Happy Birthday Xander!!

Hope you had a wonderful day.