Yesterday (Wed.) my mom learned that she has a 2 cm lesion on one of her lungs. She is a 2 time cancer survivor. She's also lived under an enormous amount of stress in the last 13 months.
So, she is set to have a CT scan on Monday. My Dad is set to have one on Tuesday to see if he is still collecting fluid in his abodmen. I hope that both of the CTs turn out with negative results -- no cancer, and no fluid.
But yesterday evening, after having dinner w/ me and my boys (hubby is traveling AGAIN!), mom's car started giving her problems on the drive home. A friend gave her a ride home, so I didn't have to get back out. But that left her carless for today. And she had a medical appointment this morning. A friend of mine took mom to that appointment, as I was supposed to be at the nursing home for a care meeting for my dad.
So I picked mom up there and we did all the stuff together that she would have done on her own, had she had a car. The service guys at the Buick house told me this afternoon that "they had loaner cars." Thank goodness we'd not rented a car for mom yet. So, at 5:20 p.m. I'm finally home w/ my boys after a full day of errands and meetings for and with my parents.
Exhausting.
But...Dad will be released from the nursing home next week Tuesday or Wednesday, depending on the CT results.
2 comments:
I cannot make it stop. I can sympathize with you since I have been there and I understand how difficult it is to have so many people depending on you and never knowing what bad news will fall upon you next.
I am praying for you, and your family.
Thanks Cheryl. I am praying that the lesion will be completely gone next week at the CT. I have also had to come to grips w/ the fact that I'll be caring for my parents without help.
Sometimes just getting my brain around a concept makes it easier to deal with all the stuff. KWIM?
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