Sunday

Well, Jamie and Jeff spent the night with mom on Saturday. In fact Jamie wrote Saturday's blog although it has my name. All day and all night she continued to be restless and grew very uncooperative. After Jamie put mixed medicine into chocolate pudding and persuaded mom into eating it she wouldn't take anything else from her. In fact the only person she responded positively too was Jeff!

By 6AM after having mom on the potty for the umpteenth time and having her refusing to get up and back into bed again, a catheter was put in. This avoids her from experiencing extreme dizziness and feeling like she is going to fall. When the catheter was first put in the doctor said that if she doesn't fill up at least 200cc of the bag it has to come out. Well, she filled it up tp 1400! No wonder she was so uncomfortable. Jamie said that after it was put in mom's demeanor changed immediately. She lay ed back and slept without popping up for a few hours. If only we had known to do this a few days ago.

Today she's been pretty knocked out still. The only time she really budges is when she is moved. She needed to go for a brain CT and an abdomen Ultrasound. Each time she was very uncomfortable because of the dizziness which brought on nausea. She was insisting that she was falling and sinking. i kept holding her hand and reassuring her that she was safe. I told her if I could make her feel better I would. She responded by saying "I know you would, I know" as she patted the back of my hand. A moment of my "real" mother coming through. The brain CT was negative thank you God! The ultrasound results will be in tomorrow although the tech did not see anything suspicious on her gallbladder which the doctors were concerned about.

Tonight mom was also classified as neurophenic (spelling?) That means that her white blood cell count is extremely low. She can't leave her room without having a mask on. If anyone has the slightest cold they must put a mask on to be near her. This is all to risk infection. It is a common result of the chemo but yet just something else to worry about.

Since mom is so lethargic and no longer needs the constant help to get up to the potty I decided to come home to sleep instead of staying at the hopsital. One of our favorite nurses, Traci, is there with her tonight. She's been with us for the past three nights. If it was someone else I know I wouldn't have felt comfortable enough to leave. Traci is very attentive and caring. She took care of mom one day last weekend too when she was more herself. Mom told her about her grand kids and about me getting married. So Traci is invested in getting her better with us. Too bad she will be off for the next two weeks.

I am going to give Traci a call and check in on mom and then get some good sleep. That will make two nights in a row! Hopefully she will hae a good day tomorrow.