Another week in hospital

We went to see Mum on Monday and she has now changed wards again. Her legs are quite puffy with fluid because she is largely in bed while she recovers. She has a few sores but hopefully these will go as she gets a bit more active. She gets some minor physio at the moment and I really hope the staff don't take their eye off the ball because she really does want to get up and about again.

She isn't really eating much and again this is a cause for concern. You will be able to see from the picture how much weight she has lost. But in herself, she seems quite perky. I think she was a bit down last week because she can't see an end to it all.

Post Op recovery

The operation was deemed a success. Mum's cyst was removed along with (sadly) part of her bowel. A colostomy bag has been fitted and she is likely to have to live with this now but at least she came through the whole thing. She is back on ward now and free for visitors.

She has had a major operation and sounds a little drowsy at different points in the day. But when she is wide awake she sounds almost back to normal.

Next visit is on Monday but we want to thank all the family and friends who have visited throughout this week.

The waiting game...

Mum is currently in theatre having an operation. The picture was taken in the theatre reception while we were waiting for her to go in.

Mum has a growth in her ...

Oooh she has just come out of the operation as I type. She is being taken straight into Intensive Care as a precautionary measure because it was a major operation.

More news in a while when I get the very latest information.

A phone call from the Consultant

Mum's Consultant has just telephoned me with some good news and some bad news: they have definitely kicked the cancer into touch for the time being and Mum has responded well to the Chemo. He wants to finish off the treatment but at a later date.

In the meantime, this lump they found is a benign diverticulitis growth that is on or near her bowel. They have had a meeting and plan to operate sometime next week and remove it. The operation is semi-major but hopefully it will lead to a good recovery.

Diverticulitis is a common digestive disease particularly found in the large intestine. Diverticulitis develops from diverticulosis, which involves the formation of pouches (diverticula) on the outside of the colon. Diverticulitis results if one of these diverticula becomes inflamed.

Source = Wikipedia

Nursing homes and more

We went to see Mum on Monday in hospital and she is looking much more comfortable. She has had an MRI scan and they have found a large lump on one of her ovaries. It is rather too close to her bowel.

It seems that an operation is now in the offing and whilst the Chemo has been put on hold, there always seems to be something new to worry about.

We also went to see three Nursing Homes and whilst one of them was a bit of a dive, the other two are both very good and suitable. They both have places so at least there is somewhere safe for Mum to go if she is released from hospital and is still unable to cope alone at home.