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August 25, 2006
Update and Still Waiting
the reason this blog was started in the first place was because of Dante's previous hospitalization and trying to update everyone ina way that didnt include having to retell the same storie(s) over and over but let everyone know what was going on...
I saw dante twice today - when i first got in - and ran into one of the doctors as well. he informed me that the MRI and the MRA that were done last night both came back negative. He informed me however at that time that the plan was to do a spinal tap to also rule out any problems in that area. Unfortunately for dante that meant he could not eat anything until after they did the proceedure. When I saw him this morning he had a PICC line(i know im being clinical but im at work, bad habit)
I went to see him again in the afternoon around lunch time and he was doing ok he still had some discomfort and was more concerned about not having had anything to eat (he was hungry) we had no word at that time abotu when they were going to do the spinal. I got him a couple of movies to watch and i stayed for part of charlie and the chocolate factory and then i had to go back to the plantation before they came looking for me.
I have been calling hourly more or less to check on him - the last time i called he told me that the doctors had decided NOT to do the spinal because of the proximity to his tumor and the risk of the catecholamines infiltrating his spinal column - for those of you without medical terminology background lets just say that would be a VERY VERY BAD thing...
Instead they want to do some kind of CT scan and im sure with contrast - so when i spoke to him he was in the midst of ordering something to eat. No ETA on when they are going to do the CT scan but im sure that wont be that long a wait either.
As for me as long as i keep myself numb im ok - if i stay in "work" mode it doesnt allow me time to think about anything much i cant allow myself to think on any particular thing too much,. Think of the analogy of a closet door that you open slightly to peek in and realize that if you opened it a whole bunch of stuff would come bursting out and you would be buried under it thats about where i am right now.
haven't had any appetite today but i did pick my way through an omelette this morning. I can't afford to pass out right now and im already depleted since its that time of month.
Im headed back over to Sloan as soon as i clock out here dante asked me to bring him a subways sandwich which i will and then im going to go stay with him - havent decided if i will spend the night or not....i will see how hes doing and what he says...
Posted by digitalmuse at August 25, 2006 4:11 PM
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