This Past Weekend

Much has happened since the last blog entry; and since the dust from the mental maelstrom has settled at least to knee-levels, I feel this makes a good opportunity to speak as to what is happening so far.

For starters, Susan is back at the hospital. Saturday evening, Susan had a lot of difficulty getting up from the couch, standing and walking. We had an ambulance deliver her to the Hermann Memorial hospital because it would have been too difficult to transport her by car. Plus, we thought if she went by ambulance it would be like going through the express lane of hospital processes. To say the least, we were wrong about that. Over all she’s been at the hospital ever since, going through a battery of tests and examinations.

She’s received very little sleep since this all started. And it’s very difficult to communicate with her because she lost her voice. The doctor’s can’t really explain the reason for her loss. There’s been a lot of speculation, but so far nobody with white coats and stethoscopes has come with a definite answer yet. Hopefully they will soon.

More importantly I hope they can tell me if she can stand up on her own and walk soon, if not today then when. Because she’s been in bed practically 24/7, and I would like them to do physical therapy on her before her legs get too weak from lying down too long.

Monday they inserted a catheter in her back to help drain future fluid build-up that could develop in her chest cavity.

This morning – way early this morning – they gave her a new chemo to deal with the spreading of the tumors on her arm. As I’m writing this, they are either giving her a third attempt at an MRI, or she’s sleeping. She’s gotten very little of the latter, so I hope she’s getting sleep before they put her through that ordeal of the former.

Susan has endured so much this weekend that I pray and hope she gets a quick relief from it all. Strength in her legs, confidence to walk steady again, and the return of her voice would be good starters. I want her home and better again, and back on the road to recovery as she was before.

Please pray for her that she receives just that. Susan’s strong and resilient. The monster in her wants to be, too. But it won’t get that chance. Susan’s tenacity, the love everybody has for her, and prayers from friends and family will see to it that the monster doesn’t win.

Ray