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Today was the CT scan which will begin the process for the
next surgery. George awoke early to
start drinking his “banana smoothie” aka Barium.
On the way to the hospital I inquired as to how he was
doing. He looked fairly calm. This is the easy part. The hard part is waiting for the next 6 days
until our appointment with the surgeon.
Until that meeting, there will be some level of anxiety as he fears what
the tests will show.
This being the “easy” part – was not so easy. George was late being escorted back to the
room (and I had told him they would probably make him drink some more barium as
so much time had lapsed – and that did happen).
After an hour of waiting I finally went to the counter to ask where he
was as the test should only take 10 minutes or so. A little while longer if they have trouble
finding veins. Apparently that was the
case today. Two nurses, one doctor, an
ultrasound machine and 9 sticks later they finally got the IV needle in.
Ironically, the doctor that they called in to assist was Dr.
Wright. George recognized the name. This was the doctor that was on duty when he
had his needle biopsy for the cancer (before we knew what it was). He worked at O’Connor hospital at that
time. He is the one that tried to draw
off the fluid from his belly but couldn’t because it was so thick. He is the one that whispered to the nurse off
in the corner after the procedure and on his way out of the room patted George
on the arm and said “Good luck”. He did
not make us feel very good.
After our appointment (which took a little over 2 hours from
the time we entered for admissions until they were done), we went out for a
bite to eat and then home for George to try to get some more sleep. An hour or two after getting home, George
experienced another bout of nausea and vomiting and spent a few hours back and
forth to the bathroom.
Note: At a doctor appointment earlier this week we found out
that George has anemia. The nurse practitioner
says that we have to figure out the cause and, after telling her about the
nausea spells (4 since June 1), she suspects George may have an ulcer. She put George on Prilosec to see if that
will help. I think we will be seeing the
GI doctor sooner than later to ensure this is not an issue going forward.
We see the surgeon on Thursday, June 30 to start cuing up
the next surgery.
Dear Dawn and George,
ReplyDeleteIt brings me to tears that you have had to go through so much, and then the tears are slightly joyous at the realization that you have each other to go through this with. The love, patience, support, and spiritual trust you share. is nothing less thsn miraculous. Although headaches are nothing compared to what you are dealing with, I used to suffer from them to the point of not wanting to move or keep my eyes open and nothing seemed to work. One time I thought came to me to take each letter in the word headache and find five attributes or qualities of God that were, as his child,inherent, the headaches were always gone by the time I finished. I am by no means trying to simplify, or make light of your situation, but merely trying to join eith you in faith.
C- care, comfort, Christ-like, cheerful, compassionate,
A- adorable, adorned, all, able, active
N- nurturing, noble, nice, never failing, natural
C- creative, credible, colorful (not dark) charismatic, child-like
E- enjoyable, effervescent, encompassing, eager, endless
R- rich (in love) redeeming, royal, rugged, righteous.
The reason for this exercise was to take my mind off of all the fearful thoughts and make my mind and body receptive to God's love.
The light at the end of the tinnel surrounds you always!
Thank you, Randi. That is so nice. I will give it a try sometime!!
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