Off we went to talk to the VA social worker to try to get the ball rolling for the pre-testing paper work to get the tests needed...to send to Washington....to see if he gets approved to even go to Nashville to see if he is a candidate for the bone marrow transplant....DID YOU FOLLOW THAT?!
Anyhow....that went well and home we came for lunch...and I had projects to do outside in the beautiful 80 degree weather...BUT NO.....the Oncologist called....6 out of the 7 cultures they took yesterday from his blood came back POSITIVE for infection and he had to go in the hospital ASAP to have the catheter taken out (as they believe that may be the source of the infection)...the catheter is placed into his central vein so this is nothing to play around with...according to the Doctor this is a life threatening situation...and he needed to be given antibiotics immediately via an IV drip....Anyhow....he is in the hospital once again....and I am beginning to believe this is just going to be a way of life for me...
Sounds selfish...but I am glad he is there...under 24 hour care....and I can sleep without having one eye open and one ear to listen to the beating of his heart...or his breathing....
Amazing enough....we are keeping our sense of humor about this....I mean, what else can you do?
We believe that the ER should just name the room that we go in their the MOSCA MOTEL!
Everyone got a good giggle out of that!!....Someone asked if I was his "wife" and Michael answered...."I certainly hope so....or else I am having a very good time with someone else's wife"
Again a round of laughter....Have to laugh while we add just one more thing to deal with on the list.....
rambles from the shadow side of life...About living...about living with dying....This is where my heart will pour forth...this is where my shadow will be exposed...this is where I will cry...where I will laugh...where I will become one with that shadow of life...
1 comment:
When you're at that point, of what else is going to happen, being able to laugh is so good. It beats the alternative which is to cry. That's not to say that crying doesn't help sometimes too, but in this case laughter sounded like a good choice.
I don't know if there's any "right" way on this journey, from this distance, it looks like you're doing A-O.K.
Pat
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