Hello February

I know its just hard to believe it is February and it's like January flew by, eh?  And in this family each month brings on new challenges, some of which we did not expect or even want.

On Saturday hubby complained of stomach pain and wanted to go the ER,which was done.  We spent considerable hours in the ER procedure room before he was finally admitted -- pancreatitis and a very inflamed pancreatic   Basically its a gallstone issue.

His first room was unreal.  His roommate, an elderly man with a heart condition had his entire family visiting constantly or those far away calling him and wanting/expecting him to chat.  They were loud, rude and stupid.  When told there was a limit on how many could be in the room, two would leave and five would enter.  At one point we got silly and made comments like:  "gee Ma, look they got indoor toilets," or "okay, who has the teeth today?"  These be some strange critters and what a good looking bunch!


They had all the chairs too.  Poor hubby was trying to rest, he was in alot of pain and this noise was just too much.  I finally said they had to move him into another room, this was just too damn much.  The ward is full but as soon as a bed opened he was moved.

Monday, as I'm going to get my stitches removed after my radiation treatment the hospital calls and he's been moved into CCU. He is being monitored and there was talk if things didn't improve he might be transferred to a bigger hospital, aka Burlington.  But thankfully, he passed the stone(s) and started to improve.  Make no mistake he is a very sick man and will be in the hospital for at least ten days.  Gotta get this inflammation under control and no surgeon would touch him at this point.  I mean, its not even clear if he will need his gallbladder removed -- that's a waiting game.

Last night the doctor called and said the latest test results were good and he seems to be on the recovery road, he still is sick and will remain in CCU but things are improving. The best part, the doctor said, is he will not remember any of this..thank goodness.

So today is my 22nd radiation treatment and next week we'll target just the tumor area and by the 15th I shall be done with this stuff.  I feel good but fatigue does hit now and then and wipes me out.  I'll be so glad when all this is done but hey I am disease free and my hair is starting to come back.

And its colder than hell here today too -17 and gonna get colder tonight and they say we'll get more snow, how thrilling.  Hey, you all have a good day.

Us in Vietnam many years ago.