Exploring NC doctors

Unfortunately, it has not been a slow week. Kathie was feeling tired to some extent most of the week following chemo. Wednesday, Saturday,Sunday and Monday were particularly tiring (though it probably did not help that she was helping Bob, Lauren and Ben pack up and move some of the things out of the lake house in Indiana over the weekend). Tuesday, Kathie went out to NC by herself to go check on the house's progress and to visit Eddie, Melissa and the kids.

Today was doom day. *WARNING - bathroom talk coming up... get into mature adult mode before continuing* Though Kathie's bowels have been pretty normal for having a huge chunk of her intestines taken out and then stapled back together, today was a little loose (nice euphamism if I do say so myself). This in itself would not be an issue if it wasn't the whole day and with great frequency. According to my sources, about a half hour after Kathie had something to drink her stomach would start to gurgle. She had approximately 9 Ammodiums with no end in sight and everyone started to get a little concerned about the hydration issue - so into urgent care she went with Melissa. They decided that blood needed to be drawn, and so she got bumped to the hospital instead, so that blood could be drawn from her port (it has not been confirmed whether this was Kathie's request, or their suggestion). Many theories have been thrown into the air as to what is causing her issues, but until the blood tests, x-ray, stool sample tests and possibly (but hopefully not) CT scan come through. I believe liquids are being pumped, but they want to know what is going on, as it could be something serious, or could be as "small" as a reaction to her red blood cell shot last week.

As it stands now, that's pretty much all the info (2nd hand), and Melissa and Kathie are still at the hospital. Hopefully news will come through soon, in the mean time, prayers that it isn't something serious like a perforation wouldn't hurt.

Posted by Lauren