We were admitted into the hospital after a very long night in the ER. We had a really long day today, but here is where we are:
There is no explanation for the pain. The good news is all serious causes have been ruled out. While it is frustrating not knowing where the pain is coming from exactly, it is comforting to know that all of the life threatening possibilities have been eliminated.
We will stay in the hospital at least one more day. Beth needed a blood transfusion due to low blood counts. If the counts were not up, there was a chance she would not receive chemo as scheduled. There is still an outside chance her blood counts will be too low, but it seems very unlikely at this point. During the transfusion, her pain medication was administered in pill form rather than IV. Her pain was excruciating. Only the IV medicines worked. After consideration, we decided to stay overnight for pain management and hopefully she will be able to get chemo in the hospital.
Please pray for several things to occur.
- Beth needs her chemo to start Monday. The stent had helped her liver function but the blood transfusion needs to have boosted her blood counts to an acceptable level.
- The pain is unbearable. Pray for the cause to be discovered or to be miraculously healed. Everything is easier to tolerate when you are not doubled over in pain.
- Pray for the doctors and nurses as they communicate with each other about Beth’s treatment.
I’m keeping up with your blog and praying for Beth and your sweet family. I can’t remember if I gave you this information before, but if you need a place to stay while in Houston, my inlaws place patients and families in apartments through their church apartment ministry. I think it’s $35/night with a 2 week minimum stay. There are several churches that participate…theirs are at Brompton Court through South Main Baptist. Praying…
churchapartmentministry.org
God Bless the family and may all pain be taken away. I pray the Lord Almighty will lift you up in his arms and give you the strength and power to recover quickly. God Bless
Continued prayers.
Our prayers are with you, Beth, the kids and the doctors. Our Lord, The Great Physician, will hear all the prayers coming your way!
Lifting Beth up to the Almighty Physician for pain to be gone. Praying for guidance and knowledge for the earthly physicians. God bless this family with what only You can provide…..a true miracle!!! Thank you and amen!!!