That doc might not have even been a real doc but instead sent from GOD when no one was looking :)

Good to hear Jon

:+1:

:thumbsup:

Good news. Jon, you know I am not far from you (about half way between the hospital and your house actually). Please let me know if there is something I can do for you.

Great news.

And now she calls me a little while ago terrified as they've given her dye to do a bone scan later. Concerned because her iron levels were low earlier in the week & did not improve with an IV iron infusion.

This rollercoaster ride has too many dips but the worst ones are usually when you aren't expecting them. Today is 19 days since we've seen her and the helplessness is very real right this moment.

Fantastic News Jon! I hope you find a little bit of New Year's magic to get her that hospital bed because it sure sounds like she's ready to come home

Great news, Jon. You all sure as hell deserve some.

Of course you had to ruin my happy post, thanks a lot buddy! :D I hope this scan is more from a element of caution than any real concern

Believe me, I understand. I'm living it minute by minute and can't figure out which way things are heading either.

Best I could come up with earlier was that after two days of running like crazy trying to solve practical stuff, this morning feels like losing balance on the edge of a cliff ... while blindfolded.

Will was heading out for a lunch with a college friend that's in town, so for the first time in 18 days I felt like I had to ... downplay something while still compelled to be honest enough to say something.

"some tests to try to get to the bottom of her iron issues" was what I went with. If he calls her while driving - which is not unlikely - then my understatement will get outted but, fuck, I'm just doing the best I can over here.

While on a cliff edge, blindfolded.

Doctor visited her in the past hour, NO sign of anything in a bone from her head to her feet.

The can't certify the hip area as cancer-free cause, microscopic stuff etc so there's still treatment ahead (TBD) but this was as good a report as we were gonna get and a tremendous report considering the stark terror of yesterday.

She's coming home Monday is what we're told this morning. I will save the absolute unspeakable clusterfuck that all the administrative aspects of that have been (and getting worse), I refuse to let their baffling bungling bullshit rob us of appreciating this latest news.

That's great news, Jon. Very glad to hear it.

I hope everything smooths out with the admin side but it's better than the admin side going smoothly and other things being a clusterfuck, so there's that...

Fantastic!

That is very good news man.

Good, good news. Hopefully 2021 looks up for you and your family

SI

Very good news indeed!

She's home, settled in. I think everybody is gonna doze lightly while her pain pill kicks in.

Next news -- aside from my eventual airing of grievances about administrative issues -- probably 1-2 weeks away, whenever she can get an appointment with her new lead doc.

My sincerest thanks to you all for your patience and your kindness.

I always hold my breath when this thread is bumped but sounds like modestly good news (as status quo is mostly good right now).

SI

Happy New Year Jon :)

:+1:

Glad to hear, Jon.

Just caught up on this roller coaster. Glad to see things are a bit more settled now.

You're the guy who drives up in his truck juuuuuust as the last box is unloaded at the new apartment aren't you?

;)

What he said.

Praying for the best for your guys.

glad you are settled.

Awesome news Jon!

Haven't posted about my mom in awhile.

1) She made it through Thanksgiving and Christmas.

2) I don't think she's making it through another one.

Her esophagus is completely closed, hasn't been able to eat anything aside from liquids in quite some time. Rail thin. Collapsed last night, refused the ambulance my dad called. Collapsed again overnight, this time she's willing to actually go to the hospital.

She shoulda gone last night, and I tried to talk her into it, but I'm pretty sure she's convinced if she goes to the hospital, she's not getting out.

edit: As far as the cancer specifically, it hasn't spread, but it's very much looking like it's not going to need to.

I'm so sorry, Coffee. What an awful, heartbreaking situation.

What an awful thing for your family to be going through Coffee. :( I'm so sorry :::hugs:::

Ugh, that is brutal Coffee. I hoping for the best for your mother and your family.

I'm sorry CW :(

SI

Sorry to hear that, Coffee. Prayers to you and your family.

I'm kinda reaching the point where a part of me wants this to be over. She's getting ... possibly already passed ... the "this isn't living" point.

That sounds really tough, so sorry for you.

Tough to hear CW.

I know it is a tough thing to discuss CW, but have y'all thought about hospice care?

So sorry CW.. prayers to you and your family.

I'm very sorry CW :(

Sorry CW...

Short version - she passed today. I made it to the hospital just in time before she died.

Prayers to you and your family CW.

I'm so sorry man (((hug)))

Very sorry to hear that, CW. Very glad you were able to make it. My condolences and prayers to you and your family.

I'm sorry, CW, and I hope you can find peace

SI

Very sorry for your loss CW. My condolences to all those touched by this.

Sorry to hear CW

Take care, CW.

So sorry, CW. I wasnt there when my Mom passed. I was in denial, thinking she was to strong and stubborn to let death take her. Even went to work the day they took her off a ventilator. And they took her off at 11 am in the morning. Luckily during my lunch break when I got the bad news. I went home and suffered.

Be happy you were there to send her off. But so sorry to hear for your loss.

Terribly sorry for your loss CW.