Today was one of those fun days in our life of fighting cancer. I must say one of the hardest things about the past five months has been the inability to trust any moment in time. We can have a great morning where things are going well, and by the afternoon we have major problems. It’s almost like in the back of our minds we are always waiting for the other shoe to drop.
Today was unfortunately one of those days – Tom was up during the night with some pain but was feeling okay by morning. By mid-morning he was experiencing the same pain, in the same location, from when he had his blood clots including pain while breathing. Uh oh. While it is unusual to have blood clots while on blood thinners, it can happen when someone has cancer.
I called the doctor and they told us we should head in to the ER just to be safe. The real concern was that the pain was in the same spot as the previous location of the blood clots. So I packed up at work, headed home and got Tom and off to the ER we went. We were on such a streak of not being at the hospital! Now, I will say, when we went to the ER and they found out Tom is mid-treatment and has a history of blood clots you get right in. Who knew that cancer was the “jump the line” card in the ER?
Tough guy didn’t think he would have an issue with blood despite his wife telling him he should lay down before they take blood. Now, I really hate to be right when it comes to this stuff, but fast forward 5 minutes and he is pale as a ghost, dripping with sweat and just to top it all off….cue the puking. Once we got him all taken care of and situated it was a matter of a few hours before we got the CT done and the results….NO BLOOD CLOTS!
We were thrilled to say the least. Not just because blood clots are dangerous but because if there had been a blood clot our Tuesday surgery would have been at risk of not happening. It’s a bit of a catch 22 because if there was a clot, then he needs blood thinners, but you can’t be on blood thinners before surgery. Luckily we don’t have to deal with that nightmare, but it certainly was weighing on our minds the entire time we were at the ER.
So while it was another one of those days that is a roller coaster of emotions, we are just happy that we are sleeping in our own beds tonight and that there weren’t any major issues. Perhaps this is the change in luck that we’ve needed (the lottery win didn’t pan out) and is a sign of more good things to come going into Tuesday’s surgery! More to come…
Today was unfortunately one of those days – Tom was up during the night with some pain but was feeling okay by morning. By mid-morning he was experiencing the same pain, in the same location, from when he had his blood clots including pain while breathing. Uh oh. While it is unusual to have blood clots while on blood thinners, it can happen when someone has cancer.
I called the doctor and they told us we should head in to the ER just to be safe. The real concern was that the pain was in the same spot as the previous location of the blood clots. So I packed up at work, headed home and got Tom and off to the ER we went. We were on such a streak of not being at the hospital! Now, I will say, when we went to the ER and they found out Tom is mid-treatment and has a history of blood clots you get right in. Who knew that cancer was the “jump the line” card in the ER?
Tough guy didn’t think he would have an issue with blood despite his wife telling him he should lay down before they take blood. Now, I really hate to be right when it comes to this stuff, but fast forward 5 minutes and he is pale as a ghost, dripping with sweat and just to top it all off….cue the puking. Once we got him all taken care of and situated it was a matter of a few hours before we got the CT done and the results….NO BLOOD CLOTS!
We were thrilled to say the least. Not just because blood clots are dangerous but because if there had been a blood clot our Tuesday surgery would have been at risk of not happening. It’s a bit of a catch 22 because if there was a clot, then he needs blood thinners, but you can’t be on blood thinners before surgery. Luckily we don’t have to deal with that nightmare, but it certainly was weighing on our minds the entire time we were at the ER.
So while it was another one of those days that is a roller coaster of emotions, we are just happy that we are sleeping in our own beds tonight and that there weren’t any major issues. Perhaps this is the change in luck that we’ve needed (the lottery win didn’t pan out) and is a sign of more good things to come going into Tuesday’s surgery! More to come…