Connie is not feeling great today. She has been utterly exhausted and has not had a desire to eat. I was able to convince her to have 6 spoons of chicken broth yesterday, following by 5 spoons of pudding 3 hours later. She was having a hard time catching her breath anytime she got up and laid back down and her breathing was getting pretty labored.
It got much worse by the time Dee arrived this morning. Doctors has already completed a chest x-ray and determined that her lung was damaged when the port-a-cath was put in. It was allowing air to escape from her lung into her chest cavity which then put enough pressure on her lung to cause a collapse.
Thankfully, they were able to quickly remedy the situation with an emergency procedure (guess you could call it an operation of sorts) right in her room. Dee says she is breathing better now and will need to stay at the hospital at least a few extra days so they can make sure all the excess air is out.
Since she has already completed two days of chemo, we are also nervous about the possibility of infection. Mom is already on antibiotics, so we are saying extra prayers that she has not been exposed to anything that would make this any worse than it already is. I have no idea if they can still do the chemo scheduled for tonight.
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