Today

Today has been another day of the maybe moving to rehab game. The move to rehab has been complicated by many factors. I now have permission from my mother to share some additional details. During some of the tests, they discovered that she had fluid in her lungs and abdomen. Not huge amounts but still any fluid isn't usually a good sign. We don't know if the cancer has returned or not as we are unable to sample any fluid due to the blood thinners. Those blood thinners make any type of procedure more risky. In this case, the risks outweigh the benefits. She had asked us to not tell anyone until she had a chance to tell all of us kids. They put her on some diuretics to see if they couldn't get rid of some of the fluid. They performed an xray today to see if there was more fluid or less. That was one piece of the decision regarding rehab. The other piece of the decision was her left leg. She was experiencing pain in her left leg where the clot developed. Actually, the pain was more centered around her knee. The doctor drained some of the fluid off her knee to see if he couldn't relieve the pain. Both things went well. The xrays look good, no significant change which is good news and the knee draining went well as well so we are off to rehab. My mom is nervous but also a little excited to be on her way. I'll let you know more later.