Last week, mom started to get some really bad pains in her abdomen. She called her doctor, and he said to go to the ER. So on Sunday night (the 19th), she went. She was thinking... ok, I'll go to the ER and then be home Monday or Tuesday. Not the case. She went in, was in EXTREME pain, so they gave her lots of meds. They didn't know what was causing the pain. They thought it might be the fluid in her lungs, so they drained it and started treating her with antibiotics for "pneumonia". Still had pain. They did a bunch of scans. She still had the pain. Then she had an allergic reaction to the antibiotic. Her heart rate jumped clear up and her other vitals went really low. They quickly got that under control, but the meds that they gave her made her really loopy and hallucinate. She was not acting like my mom at all. She then became really lethargic and really sleepy. She would be talking to you and then her eyes would roll back in her head and she would fall asleep. She texted me some really random texts that didn't make any sense... something about Illinois.?? and Terri warming up the polio. ?? Which was funny but weird. Then finally she came out of the loopiness. She started to act like my mom again. They said that they thought the pain was coming from a "hot spot" on her liver that the cancer was causing. I went home thinking all was great and they would get this all under control and she would be going home.
The next morning, Jared and I went to the hospital, and everyone was sad. She just talked to the Doc. (I wasn't there... so this is all what other people have told me...) but he told her that there is a lot of fluid in her lungs which is making it hard to breathe. there is also fluid around her heart which is causing her heart to work twice as hard and start to enlarge. Then I also heart that she may have some fluid in her heart as well. He told her that this is serious. And basically she has weeks to months until it will take her life.
So not the news any of us wanted to hear. I've been crying a lot. I know Heavenly Father's plan for us, and I know we will all be together... but it still sucks. So that's where mom is right now. She is in the ICU. She hasn't been getting very good sleep and is very tired, but is still happy and smiling and such an inspiration to everyone. I love her so, so much.
The doctor is thinking about putting in a drain in her lungs to help with the fluid in them so she doesn't have to keep getting poked in the back with that huge needle to get the fluid out... which increases the chances of getting a punctured lung... but that's still in the works. Well, I'm going to go get ready so I can go see my mom. :)
Here are a few pics:
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