Mom:

                                                                     Dad and Mom

My poor Momma just can't get a break.  When she had the stents put in a couple weeks ago, the Doctor had a problem getting the cath to come back out and it caused a blood clot.  They got the clot dissolved but it left quite a knot and much bruising.  Mom bruises easily from the blood thinner.
The "knot" formed a pseudo annyrism and was getting quite large.
Friday when we went to see Mom they were getting ready to take her down for an ultra sound.  We waited for an hour and a half.  I went to the nurse's station and the doctor came out to talk.  He drew a diagram showing what was involved and they needed to compress the area.  This caused too much pain and they were taking her into surgery to lightly sedate her during the compression.  It wasn't too much longer they brought her back to the room.  They couldn't do the procedure as Mom had ate lunch.  They rescheduled it for 7:30 p.m.  Called Judy, Kate and Russ.  Russ is in Springfield so he didn't come up.  Dad was totally worn out and hasn't been feeling well and wanted to go home.  I took Dad home and then took supper to Dwayne.  I went back to the hospital and Judy and Kate were there.  They let us go back to the "holding room" to be with Mom before they took her on in.  The anestesiaologist was quite a jokester and Mom gave it back to him.  He couldn't get one over on her.  They were lightly sedating her and apparently she told jokes the whole time.  Mom is a witty person and can remember jokes well and can recite childhood rhymes that other  people forget over the years. They were able to compress the area and it turned out well.  Judy went home after we saw Mom as she gets so worn out from her chemo.  Mom had been back in the room for awhile when Kate and the nurses noticed a firm hardened area in Mom's stomach.  This can sometimes be caused by an internal bleeding.  Back to the ultra sound again.  Made for a long night.  Then they didn't have anyone to read it that late so they had to send it out.  We waited quite awhile and then Kate left her phone number for them to call if something showed up.  Good news, no internal bleeding.
Mom is a tough lady and has been through a lot the past year.  She keeps on truckin on.

I'm so grateful Mom is improving and her breathing is much better.