So it seems like everything was going so good. The good news from the last scan of having some tumors shrink and no new growth of tumors. The chemo drug being somewhat nice to my body. Taking a family vacation that was so needed and very much relaxing for all.
Three weeks after coming home I find myself in the hospital.
My left calf felt like it was sleeping one day. No big deal. The next day it didn't feel bad at all. This is on Wednesday, I went to watch my nephew Jordan play in his high school baseball game and my leg was fine. I drove about 10 minutes to a restraurant after the game to meet up with my friends.When I got out of my car and started walking to the door of the restraunt,I noticed my leg hurt again and.....I was limping. When I found the table where my friends already were,my friend Barb said..."it looks like your leg is bothering you" I said," It is" and we laughed.
I went home after dinner and Paul rubbed my calf. It didn't bother me to have him put pressure on it. I have had a blood clot befor and it didn't feel like that. I asked Paul what he thought and he said blood clot. Ugh I didn't want it to be. I had plans to go to Birch Run with the kidsand my mom, after they got out of school to start Spring Break the next day. Well when I woke up Thursday morning I could not put any pressure on my foot at ALL. I elevated my leg and did everything I could think of so it would go away. By 11am it was hurting more so Paul brought me to Urgent Care. They said I needed an ultra sound but they didn't have a machine available there so they sent me to the NORTH MEDICAL building across from butterworth. They confirmed that I had a blood clot otherwise known as a DVT. Deep Vein Thrombosis. They called my primary who then said send her to ER. They wheel chaired me to ER where then they put a heart monitor on me and said my heart rate was way high. They wanted to do a cat scan to check my lungs for a blood clot. They asked if I had shortness of breath, dizziness, pain in my chest ;which I answered no to. So off to cat scan I went and low and behold...significant clotting in both lungs. UGH!How can this be. So now they called my oncologist to see what he wanted them to do . So now I have to be admitted. If it was just in my leg they would have sent me home after they taught me to give myself a shot of blood thinning medicine called lovenox. But with the clots in my lungs I needed IV blood thinner hepparin. So here I am 5 days later on the Hepparin still and coumidin (sp) pill. I have to get my blood at the right level of thinning and the right number for coumidin. Maybe today maybe tomorrow I can be released. I'm ready to go home. My leg is much better. The swelling has gone down. It is still sore but not half as sore as it was.
Not the way I or the kids thought we would be spending Spring Break.
Happy Easter to all!
Keep Praying!
Kelly
6 comments:
Bummer - hope you are at home soon!
Sending prayers your way, hopefully the Easter Bunny can bounce you home. Love you.
Dang it Kelly I am so sorry. We will continue the prayer for you. Hugs. Sheila
I am so sorry you are going through all this. I will keep praying for you. I wish I could take this all away from you. Amy Lynch
Oh Kelly, I am so sad for you. How disappointed you must be. The prayers will continue, and don't lose faith, keep that fighting spirit alive.
Love, Marcia
Kelly Kally;
I really liked your anology about the rainbow. I cannot even began to imagine the pain, disappointment, and blend of emotions that you and your family are experiencing. It is only humanly to question were is the so loving God, but we do know that he has promised that no matter how hard our pain is, how deep our struggles, He will always be by ourside, and no matter what, there will be a rainbow waiting for us. May you find peace of mind in knwoing that there are many of us praying for you.
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