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| Sun, 12-09-2007 - 8:13pm |
This is the worst....the waiting for results. We did this with my mom, and now we are waiting with my dad. We know he has acute leukemia, but we do not know what kind. We don't know how long the chemo will last, and we don't even know which hospital he will be at. It's frustrating!!!!! He has been in the hospital a week (tomorrow) and we should find out what kind we are dealing with. We also should find out which hospital he will be in for the next month. Right now he is in one town, and may be moved to another hospital (6 hours away) tomorrow because he is a vet.
Since he will be in the hospital for a month or more, my brother will probably go for the first two weeks, and then I will go for the second two weeks. Part of me feels guilty for not going sooner, but if I go now, then nobody will be there for my mom in two weeks. She's totally falling apart and needs someone there. They are in Oregon, and I don't have a load of money in the bank to take several trips out.





Hi
Yes ......waiting........
Oh the waiting..that seems to be the story of our lives right now.
Hi.
You are so sweet. You are going through your own hell, and offer to help my dad. You must be an angel. My dad is currently in southern Oregon. I just got back yesterday from visiting him. My mom wanted us there when he was able to visit with us and spend some time with us. He just got done with his 7 consecutive days of chemo. He was doing really well until Monday night, and then all the chemo seemed to hit him at once. He has been going downhill ever since and really having a rough time of it. My mom has actually asked for him not to have visitors since he is hardly awake, and when he is, he's in a great deal of pain.
The doctors have said that it WILL get worse over the next two weeks, and he will probably end up in ICU before it's all over. They said that they will be taking him to death's door and then bringing him back. If he can survive this initial month, then we probably have a fighting chance. The goal is to give him as much time as possible to live, but he will be fighting this for the rest of his life.