Akathistos

The doctor ordered a CAT Scan for tonight.
I don’t know anything else.  I’ll post again when I know more.

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In case you haven’t been able to check my other blog, here is the recent update on my mom.  I am going to try to start blogging on here again- I miss it too much!
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Today was my mom’s worst day so far.
She has severe mucositis (sores) in her mouth.  Not only does her mouth [...]

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I wrote last night’s post when I was feeling worried.  I don’t want you all to think that I feel that way all the time because I do not.  Before everything started happening with my mom, I was pretty content.  I thought some about our future, but not in the way that I have been [...]

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I am having a hard time finding things to write about recently, here and on my family blog.  I think some of the things that have been on my mind right aren’t things that I can really discuss on my other blog and I don’t really even know who reads this blog (If you do [...]

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It has been a week since I last posted.  Between being very busy and my computer dying, I didn’t get around to posting and I didn’t have any post-dated entries either.
First of all, I’d like to update on my mom.  She is regaining her strength slowly.   We do not know the results of her biopsy [...]

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They got about halfway through the biopsy procedure when my mom’s blood pressure went very low.  She was also bleeding too much; so the surgeon decidely to immediately stop the procedure.  My mom is now in recovery for the greater part of the afternoon.
The surgeon will be speaking with her doctor to determine what they [...]

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The results from the MRI and CAT scans are in: They both found no other tumors in her body.
These are the three possible options for what the tumor is:

infectious process in the bone
benign tumor
cancerous tumor

We are praying for #2.  In all cases, she will need some sort of treatment, but it is unclear exactly what [...]

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“I love you”s from my son
seeing how excited my little lady is in the morning
cuddling with the two of them
cooking a delicious dinner for my husband
hearing my son try to pray The Lord’s Prayer
cloth diapering my daughter
success with potty-training my son

“Lord, have mercy” coming from my son’s lips
slowly catching up on the laundry
my children taking [...]

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My mom went to see the orthopedic oncologist today.
This is what we know:

The tumor is IN the bone
The bonescan showed other areas in her body that are “inflammed” (her ribs and shoulder blade)- this could mean more tumors
The tumor is not removeable, which means she will need radiation and/or chemotherapy to shrink the tumor.  Removing [...]

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My mom called this morning to tell me that they have moved her appointment to today.  She is currently with an orthopedic oncologist.  It appears that the tumor may be cancerous; so they will be doing a biopsy.  I am not sure if that is something that are doing today or scheduling for another day.  [...]

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