John phoned me at 6:00a.m. because he was having chest pains. Apparently they started around 4:00a.m. but he decided to see if they were going to go away before he phoned. I high tailed it to the hospital. The doctors had already started testing out his heart by the time I was there and could find no evidence of heart trouble. This did not deter them and they kept popping in and out of the room hemming and hawing because they could not figure out what would be causing the pain. After worrying and thinking, it finally hit me. I asked John if this was the same pain that he had when he popped his ribs out of joint. Yes! I mentioned it to the next group of doctors that came in. They thought that it had possibilities. They sent him for a CT scan. They still sent heart specialists in. They sent the pain doctor in. The kidney doctors came in a few times too. All day long there was a steady flux of guys in white coats. Anyway according to the pain doctor, he had heard rumors that a rib was involved. Nobody really came and told us so but they finally quit visiting so I am guessing that I was right.
John's kidneys are not clearing the bad stuff out of hiss system yet. His potassium has gone up again this afternoon, so more dirt drink for him this evening and more trip to the toilet. They are trying some kind of an I.V. concoction to get his urea down. If that does not work he is going to have to have dialysis. The renal doctor told us that most patients who are put on dialysis have less than a fifty percent chance of ever being free of that. It is starting to sound discouraging as far as his kidneys go. We have been reassured that a person can live many years being on dialysis. The sad thing is that you are pretty much married to the machine. His life has been changed so much by the Myeloma, it is heartbreaking to me to see his life impacted even more.
His spirits are getting low. Hope sometimes is a very illusive thing.
Monday, September 14, 2009
Rough Day
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3 comments:
That sucks. We will pray he doesn't need the dialysis. We'll just keep on praying.
I'm sorry, Chris. I hope he can work through this and be able to avoid the machine. This all must be so frustrating and I can understand why he is getting discouraged, but hopefully his discouragement will not last. I will be praying that the machine will not be necessary.
I am so sorry. Sometimes it's hard to understand why things happen the way they do.
We will not quit praying that God would completely heal John. We are continuing to pray that his kidneys will start functioning on their own and that he will not have to use the machine. We are praying for strength and health for you also Chris. We are praying that you would both be reassured minute by minute of the love and care of Jesus...and of your family and friends. We love you!
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