CT Scans

Yesterday evening Sandi had three CT Scans--one of the left leg, one of the left hip, and one of her belly.  The results came in around midnight and were not good. Because of those scans she will have additional CT Scans today with biopsies.

Based on what little she has been told at this point, in all likelihood the cancer has returned with a vengeance. Again. 

Scott and I are headed down to the hospital and I will update when I know more.

Sunday Night Sandi Update

The good news is her team, The Patriots, won the game tonight.

The bad news, as some on Facebook already know, is that the cocktail of three antibiotics is not working. Her leg is simply not getting better. It looks like they will be adding a wound care specialist as well as a physical therapy person to her medical team. There may be more tests as well. At this point tonight, plans for her coming home by midweek have been scrapped.

Needless to say none of us are happy campers about that.

Medical Update

Home from the hospital. They have added a second antibiotic to her IV. The new treatment is of one antibiotic, wait about a half an hour, and then the other antibiotic. Sandi's leg does not look any better.

Hopefully the new treatment deal will start making progress.

Sandi Update

She is a very unhappy patient for a variety of reasons. While I was there with Scott, her doctor came in to look at her leg. He says her leg looks better and that should mean the IV antibiotic is doing something. Quite honestly, he is apparently seeing an improvement that Sandi and I are not seeing.

The plan is for her to have the round the clock IV antibiotic for the next two weeks minimum. Sometime next week, if it becomes clear the antibiotic is working, they will start setting something up for her to have the IV antibiotic at home. How that will work we have no idea. 

In the meantime she is going nowhere and hating every minute of it. I know for sure I am going back down to the hospital tomorrow. I may stay home for the weekend as heavy rain is in the forecast and my cane does not do well on wet pavement. Neither do I for that matter. I have done way too much the last couple of days out of necessity and am paying the price.

As to reviews, for FFB tomorrow,  Barry's review of  the short story anthology Wicked Women will run. I have several reviews to write and post thanks to a lot of reading at the hospital, but have no idea when I will get to them.

Sandi's Leg-- A Update

Back home from the doctor. The second culture swab--the one from last week--came back showing the infection they thought it was. Apparently, while the antibiotic sort of slowed it down, it did not stop it. So, a new more powerful antibiotic has been prescribed which she will start as soon as they get the prescription filled.

Her kidneys are not doing well so she stays off the diuretic with the hope being that once the infection starts clearing the massive swelling will start going away.

Back next Wednesday to do all this again.

Back To The Doc

We go back to the hospital this morning so they can check Sandi's leg. Seems to be nearly the same to us though the weeping from the wound site may have stopped. If so, that would be a good sign.

Sandi's Leg--Update

For those who have asked her leg is not any better. Not any worse either which is a good thing, but we have seen no improvement. It is still massively swollen -- especially above the knee---- and the wound area is continuing to weep stuff with very discolored skin extending above and below the site for several inches. Walking

remains almost impossible for her and she is in considerable pain.



The culture did not come back today so the diagnosis of the particular infection they think it is has not yet been confirmed. My big fear at this point is that this will come back in some way related to her terminal cancer. My hope is that it is what they think it is and they just need to increase the antibiotic dose to stop it.

At this point we are still scheduled to be back down at the hospital Wednesday morning so they can look at it.