Tuesday, Feb 4th, 2020……
No appointments today. Lydia got to stay in bed and relax for as long as
she wanted. She did get a call today from her oncologist saying that her latest
labs showed her creatine up too much. She needs to keep on her daily water
intake regiment which will get those numbers back up. Re-test on
Wednesday. Butthead and I did our normal
walk this morning and it was COLD! Temps got into the mid-30s this morning. The
weather calls for rain but when that happens, it usually warms up so there is
no snow.
Wednesday, Feb 5th, 2020…… We had an early appointment this morning with wound
care. This is done at the Lebanon Hospital wound center. We got checked in and
Lydia was nervous. But, after a bit of counseling, they calmed her down a
bunch. The bump only needed some medication and a wrap. They gave us some
material for me to change out every other day. I asked about her labs, which
were in the same hospital and they were nice enough to call them in to do that
while she was in her treatment room. We stopped and got breakfast and were done
with those chores for the day. Lydia has had some rough nights sleeping so she
curled up in her recliner in the living room and I left her alone. Later, I
made her some lunch and then went off to play bingo at the senior center. I
told some of the ladies there about Lydia. I also spoke to our neighbor, Lou, but
that is about the only local people we have shared info with to date. When I
got back from bingo, I got out some stuff for dinner. Tonight is was leftover
chicken and cottage cheese so she could keep up with her dietary requirements
before tomorrow’s procedure. I fixed some mac and cheese for me and for
leftovers tomorrow. We watched Monday’s
America’s Got Talent and also The Masked Singer. I had no clue The Llama was
Drew Carey!
Thursday, Feb 6th, 2020…… Today is
the PET/CT scan. We got to sleep in this morning (7:30am) and I got up and
going with Rylee. I made Lydia scrambled eggs w/cheese for breakfast. She can’t
have anything more except water until after the scan. Our appointment is 1:30pm at Lebanon
Community Hospital Imaging Center. We got checked in they took her back in for
the scan. They gave her a radiopharmaceutical through an IV and she had to rest
in her room for 45-60 minutes. She said she had to lie on the scanning table
for about 25-30 minutes and it was pretty painless but she was still very
nervous. Once she was done, we headed back home and rested for the afternoon. Her next oncology appointment is
next Friday so we don’t expect any results until then.
Friday, Feb 7th, 2020…… Today was not a good day. It started out as a
routine trip to a medical appointment.
Today we saw the radiation oncologist (Dr. Wahl) for a consult
But Lydia was not feeling well from night
before. Her blood pressure was checked and it was really low. He also told us
the pet scan showed that the cancer is also in both knees, her stomach and her
lungs. They will be starting chemo next week and had appointments for the port,
a bone marrow extraction (both at the same time), and an ecg to make sure her
heart is strong enough. He checked her BP again and recommended that she go to
the er, if not now, then later if she still felt lightheaded and queasy. We went home, stopping by the market for some
Boost. I fixed her some lunch and she felt better. But Dr Ribeiro de Olivera’s
office called and told her he had a consult with Dr Wahl and she definitely
should go to the Corvallis er. He called ahead and they got her in a bed pretty
quickly. They drew more labs and did an ekg and put in an iv. They had two
ambulances come in just after so we had got bumped out for an hour or so. The
dr. finally came in and looked at her and her BP was getting better by then. He
ordered fluids and said that based on dr. R's recommendations, she would be
admitted. It took a while but she got
upstairs and into a room and I went home. I called her and she said they had
the red blood cells iv in and going. Her
bp was normal again. She will now get all of the next week’s work done while in
the hospital. They also plan to start her chemo treatment while she is there as
well.
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