Mom's lung surgery

Mom had lung surgery on 5/14 to remove the cancerous tumor that was in her right lung. They got the tumor out and did testing on it. The testing was inconclusive for the type of cancer, so the surgeon decided to treat mom as if she had lung cancer. That required opening up her side and removing the rest of that lobe of her lung, taking lymph nodes and tissue samples for biopsy.

We will not know the results of the testing until late next week.

Mom is currently in ICU and will not be out of there until she is up and walking. I hope that she's mobile within a couple of days because if she's not, she's at risk for pneumonia setting in.

Kidney stone removed

Mom's kidney stone surgery went really well. She is feeling so much better. Now I just have to figure out how to be 3 places at once tomorrow -- w/ Mom after she's discharged; w/ Dad at a dr.'s appointment; and home with my family.

My sibling said he'd call me tonight and get the phone number for the hospital so he could call Mom. I"m still waiting for the phone to ring....

I'll do bodliy harm to my own kids if they treat me the way my brother is treating my parents. Wish I could do so w/ my brother, but that won't happen.

Ugh.

Sunday

Well, Bible Drill went very well yesterday. My oldest DS got a perfect score. So, he was awarded the Bible that he used in the competition. He's very proud of his accomplishment -- and well he should be.

Mom and Dad's friend has now left town, so Dad is here at my house until Mom is discharged from the hospital and is in good enough shape to care for the both of them.

His nervousness is about to drive me up a wall, but I have GOT to be understanding about it. He has a mental illness. He doesn't do this to annoy me. He just craves structure so much that any little change to his routine throws him for loop. I don't have to ride the loop with him. I need to remember that.

We are a week behind on laundry and kitchen duty. At least mom is well enough that I feel I can leave her alone at the hospital. This will allow me the time to get caught up at home -- especially since my sons are both capable of assisting in all aspects of housework.

I just hope Mom's surgery for the kidney stone removal goes well. The blocked bowel problem resolved itself! Hooray. No surgery was required for that. She just needed lots of meds to keep the pain and nausea at bay.

It's Been a Busy Week!

On Tuesday of this week, my Dad had his 2nd test done. His vocal cords are NOT paralyzed, so the doctor removed Dad's trach. Daddy was also discharged from the nursing home on Tuesday!

Hooray! Hooray!

On Wednesday evening, I had to take my mom to the ER. She was having severe abdominal pain. It took all night to get her into a hospital room and the doctors suspect an intestinal blockage. Mom's been in great pain and has had much nausea. Thursday she slept most of the day due to the nausea meds and the pain meds.

Today she was more lucid and did not have the nausea. A step in the right direction. The doctors plan on keeping mom in the hospital over the weekend, to make sure she's o.k. because during the CT scan from the night in the ER, they discovered that Mom also has a kidney stone in her right kidney and it's blocking the tube from the kidney to the bladder. At least they found it and we'll handle it during the same hospital visit!

I get one of them out of the hospital and then the other one goes in! Ugh. Dad has been able to stay at Mom and Dads since Mom and Dad have a houseguest right now. She leaves Sunday, so Daddy will be here Sunday night and probably longer.

Maybe my sibling will come help out. We'll see.....