Incredible.

We had fireworks. Not like yours though.

o  April 26, 2010: Diagnosed with Ovarian Cancer stage III B/C.

o  June 6, 2010: Admitted to Oakwood Hospital for extreme abdominal pain.

o  June 7, 2010: Diagnosed with colitis and sever Clostridium difficile.

o  June 18, 2010: Total Colectomy surgery.

o  July 1, 2010: Portacath surgically placed.

o  July 3, 2010: Released from Oakwood Hospital.

o  July 4, 2010: Re-admitted to Oakwood Hospital.

After the colostomy surgery there was a delay in my mom’s intestinal track working properly. After a few days it got back to working correctly and then days after her port was surgically installed she was released. The release from the hospital was hard for her since she knew something was wrong. Call it a motherly instinct if you will.

Of course, she was right. A visiting nurse is required three times a week at this time and Sunday July 4, 2010 was the first visit. While on this visit my mom mentioned tightness in her chest and sweating without a fever or any other symptoms. At this point I was on my way to her along with an ambulance. Within minutes an Advanced Life Support Unit and fire truck from Dearborn are in the street. This is normal procedure given the nature of the call.

Upon returning to Oakwood Hospital she was admitted within hours for pulmonary embolism in each of her lungs. The primary culprit is an embolism of the thrombus. This was probably brought on by all the surgeries and inability to move around for weeks on end. So now we wait for the thinners to work and resolve this blockage. Until that time she is confined to her bed and no moving, skipping, jumping, running, or frolicking whatsoever to make sure this embolism does not go anywhere else. The timeframe is a general maximum of ten days.

Up next is Chemotherapy.