Mom had a temp through the day yesterday, which they said may be attributed to the seizure (neuro) but not sure. They started her on a new medication called Metropolo, to treat high blood pressure as well.
Early this morning - 5:45am - the transport team came in to prep her for the move to Saint Anthony's. It's only a couple of blocks away, so leaving Colorado Acute at about 6:15am got us there about 6:30am. She was prepped for the procedure and given some more medication to calm her and for blood pressure and heart rate. Surgery was scheduled and performed at 8:30am.
At about 9:30am Dr. Beck (her surgeon) came out and told us that everything went well. She was moved back to Colorado Acute at 11:15am. She is resting now, but has a fever of 103.2. Dr. Vocal says that it could be a couple of things, but is concerned that it might be a fluid buildup in a lining on the side of her lungs. An xray has been ordered to see if this is the case. If it is an infection, the fluid would need to be removed via a needle that would be stuck through her side. Another possibility is that her tumor has metastasized and is causing a blockage that is not allowing the fluid to drain. If this is the case, then that would mean that her cancer is Stage IV (right now it's IIIb). Nothing about that would be good. As far as we have been told, not only is mom not a surgical candidate - it's my understanding that they wouldn't even treat her. She's just not strong enough to take any kind of chemo or radiation type therapy.
Please pray that the fevers stop and that if they find the source of them, it's something or somewhere that they can treat.
Right now I can't help but be thankful that she finally got the tracheostomy. Thank God.
xox,
Tommy
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