Thursday, September 3, 2009

Well, today has been a very trying day. Arrived at the hospital this morning about 6:15 am to have blood drawn to see what our counts were. After blood work was completed we made a trip over to the Outpatient Radiology Center to have our even cycle chemo CT Scan on Michael's full body. To start off the scan, we were told that they had a block on the scan because our insurance company had not approved it. The appointment was for 7:00am and finally at 9:20, they advised that it had just been approved and they would proceed. Michael was really praying that it wouldn't be approved because he didn't want to drink the two bottles of barium. God didn't answer his prayer, so he went in for the scan. We finally got out about 11:20am and went by Burger King to get him something to eat. When we arrived home about 12:00noon, we received a call that his hemoglobin count had dropped to 6.5 and that he would need to return to the hospital for two units of blood at 1:00pm. But before they ended the call about the blood, we were also informed that the Radiologist had just called Dr. Ravi and advised they had found a blood clot in Michael's chest and they recommended him getting a more detailed scan of his chest. They advised that they would try to get it scheduled later this afternoon. We went in for the 2 units of blood and was released about 7:30pm. Needless to say, the scan was not done, so we have to be back at the hospital at 6:30am in the morning for blood work, 8:00am for appointment with Dr. Ravi, and 9:15 for the CT Scan. We were hoping to get to come home this weekend, but looks like it will be postponed for a day or so. Hopefully, something good will come out of the horrible week in that the cancer will be decreasing or gone. Think positive....although it is hard to do after a day like today.......I am mentally exhausted......Keep praying.
Love,
Terri and Michael