New mini-update.

just got an update from my mom a little while ago:

"daddy talked to grampa a while ago and he said the doctor told him he removed the tumor (which was cancerous) and checked all the lymph nodes...no sign of any markers in the nodes, so the oncologist is coming in tomorrow and they will probably put her on some oral chemo to make sure to get any cells that might be floating around...they've been having her do all her physical therapy and he's taking her walker up to the hospital tomorrow...she's still using the morphine, but other than that, seems to be doing better."

Another update on g'ma

Mom just sent me a note saying dad talked to g'pa and there's nothing really new to report. The pathology report on teh tumor came back confirming it was cancerous, g'ma's on a morphine pump so she's in and out of it (mainly out of it).

Update on Gma

gma came out of surgery okay. they found a tumor, won't know for sure if it's cancerous until at teh earliest tomorrow but the doctor said from looking at it that it was a cancerous tumor... not sure what that means for recovery and the like.

gma was really doped up when I saw her. took gpa out to dinner while we waited for her to get out of recovery and into a room... she's in room 438.

Another update on G'Ma

Talked to G'Pa about fifteen minutes ago. G'ma will be going in for surgery tomorrow morning. He is a little confused about what they will be doing, but he believes they're going to be removing part of her colon as well as putting in a coloscopy (spelling?) bag.

For anyone wanting to call or visit shes in Providence room #291

Louisa - he apologises for not getting in touch with you. He was at the hospital all day yesterday, and didn't get home until late.

Mom; Providence, another visit... guess she likes it there ;o)

Hello all.
Yesterday, Dad took Mom up to the Hospital. Mom had not been able to hold down dinner Saturday night (Footlong Subway split with Dad - Toni's Christmas Giftcard to G'Pa). Sunday morning; around 8:30am I woke to Mom paging me with the intercom. She had a restless night and could not get here stomach to settle down. I helped her get some things taken care of and she said not to worry about the moaning from her, that she was just going to try to get a little more sleep. After getting Mom situated back in bed and letting her have a little more then an hour to fall asleep, I asked her if she felt any better. She said she felt worse. I suggested that we go to the Hospital to see what was up; I called Dad and and left a message on his phone. And Mom called Doctor and went thru the prompts until she could leave a message and did the same with Doc's home phone. It was about 10:30am when we decided to get ready and to go to the hospital. We were getting Mom's last sock and shoe on when Dad drove in the driveway. Shortly after that, and Dad tood Mom up to the ER.
Dad called a couple of times, the first call, around noon '???', there was nothing to report, but that they were doing tests and had not ruled out anything but were working on confirming their suspisions. The second call Dad had more to report: Mom's upper tract was ok, but her lower tract had seemed to be 'asleep' and she had Kidney infection. Antibiotics were given for the kidney problem and they were going to keep her overnight for observation, and further tests/procedures to check for possible cancer in the lower tract Monday. Dad said Diverticulytus (sp) was mentioned and she needs more fiber.
So... here we are Monday morning, 8:35am. Dad says they will wait for the antibiotics to do their job before they perform a colonostopy (sp) to check the state of Mom's lower tract.
Dad will call with an update tonight after he finds out what is going on today.
I will try to get the update from Dad and add it to the Alaskan Reitter's tonight.
As always, I'm sure Mom is not wanting to cause any worries for anyone; but I know she appreciates all your prays.
L8r
Jeff

Grandma's in the hospital... again.

Don't have much info, Jeff should probably log on and fill us all in, but he wasn't very helpful tonight anyway, what with his not understanding medical terms and what have you.

Anyway from what I gather it's something to do with her kidney's and 'cancer' was used. That's all I know. Will try to figure it out tomorrow.

Keep her in your prayers.