what a night
Our friend Cassidy, the one with cancer, had to go to the E.R. tonight. We didn’t get out of there until after 2:00am.
She has had high fevers for many days now. It peaked today at 4:00pm at 102.9. She also woke up with pain in her back and trouble breathing. After many tests, it turns out she has pulmonary embolisms in both her lungs. (Another major complication) So she will be inpatient for several more days.
We are so tired. We have had to be big duck on top of a rough day of our own. And there is still more to do…more phone calls that need to be made for her.
We really hope things will smooth out for her after this. We are tired of being scared of her dying. (very really possibilities so far)
now for our own stuff….
we had an appt. with our doc for the oh-so-fun yearly female exam. The lesser stuff: we have a type of excema. We don’t remember what she called it. (note to self: got to write this shit down!) To treat it we need to be using oils & creams.
she (the doctor) thinks we have PCOS. she is starting treatment for it (a pill.) but, as if a pelvic exam wasn’t bad enough, we also have to get a vaginal ultrasound. this will happen next week. they took tons of blood…a handful of vials.
pcos would explain our irregular, painful periods as well as our great amount of facial hair.
our doctor also said that we are not eating enough.
it was hell getting us to the doctor. even though we trust our doc and she is wonderful (including during those exams) we had major panic. someone(s) inside already made us miss an appointment we had scheduled for this over a month ago.
we will have to be seeing a lot more of our doctor as we are being treated for this.
the other big thing going on for us is that for the last week we have been in major dental pain. our dental terror/phobia is 1000 times bigger than our female exam one. which is why it has gotten this bad.
gotta go…cats are really fighting
