Mom met with Dr. Proehl today at St. James. He will be performing the surgery next Monday to install the port in Mom's upper chest. He also had her get a chest x-ray while she was there. Mom found him to be quite humorous. He asked her "How many kids did you have!?" Mom said 12. He said "Didn't you figure out what was causing that?" "My wife and I figured it out after just 2." "First one was because we used the same toilet seat, and the second one was because we washed our underwear together!" That sure made her comfortable I bet. Lol.
Tomorrow morning Pat is taking Mom to Bloomington to the Cancer Center where Dr. Morar will drain the first liter of fluid from her lung. I sure hope that eases her discomfort and cough. She is having some pain in her side and back. Dr. Morar is sure this is because of the fluid buildup. Mom is finding it difficult to wear her bra. I said "Hell Mom just leave the damn thing off." She just chuckled and said Ach!
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I did take Mom to Bloomington on Thursday to St. Joseph Medical Center. Dr. Morar did not drain the fluid from her lung and it wasn't a liter. It might have been about 3" in depth. After that procedure was finished she had to have another chest x-ray, to make sure her lung hadn't collasped (which it hadn't). We then made our way North as I had an appointment at 1:30 and it was already 12:15. We made it to Mom's around 1:05 so I had enough time to make it to my appointment, a much needed pedicure. Mom called me later to let me know she fell asleep almost immediately didn't even hear Peg stopping by. I will be taking Mom on Monday am for her surgery at St. James.
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