Cheryl had her third set of fluids on Friday. That went well and the trip to and from Savannah was uneventful. Early in the afternoon, she had some pain when using the restroom and noticed blood in her urine. She called the oncologist's practice to find out what to do.
The nurse called backed and discussed her symptoms and told her to monitor her temperature. If it goes above 100.4 she will need to go to the Emergency Room and have them do a culture to check for a urinary tract infection. She checked her temperature several times last evening and it never went above 99.4 and she also stopped passing blood. This morning, her temperature is back to normal and she is asymptomatic.
We drained Cheryl's left PleurX catheter last evening and only removed 25cc of fluid. She appears to be experiencing a bit less pain during the drain procedure but is still not a pleasant experience for her or her caregiver. She will check with the pulmonologist on Monday to see if they want to go ahead and remove the catheter or leave it in a bit longer.
Please be praying with us that there will not be a recurrence of the bloody urine and that no other problems will crop up as Cheryl continues her treatment.
I'm sure everything unexpected or unexplained is especially scary right now. I pray that you don't have any more of these events and that the Lord will continue to heal you. I also pray for the pleural catheter to be removed.
ReplyDeleteI was talking with my mother yesterday and she asked how you were doing and told me that she had been praying for you too. I'm sure there are many others who you don't know who are praying as well. The love of the Lord is so wonderful that we care about even those we don't know. Love you and pray for you each day.