How It All Started

The (Long) Story (3/17 - 3/31)

Saturday, March 17, 2018 , 4 days after my 39th birthday, will forever be remembered as a day that a prayer to be drawn closer to Christ i...

Sunday, May 20, 2018

May 20, 2018

Well we FINALLY left the hospital. Room P726 at MD Anderson just didn’t want to let Mark go. Unfortunately his stay was lengthened due to another complication diagnosed with Friday’s late night CT scan. This showed evidence of a pulmonary embolism or a blood clot to the lungs. This explains his spike in heart rate and discomfort that started the day prior. I’m so happy they found this.  It is small, not life threatening. It is treated with blood thinners, currently an injectable one called Lovenox. Mark will need some type of blood thinner for the next 3-6 months. Likely we will change to a pill version after Mark has that injection to help his vocal cord.

About that injection, it was supposed to have been done this past Friday while we were in the hospital. However there was a mix up in the scheduling of this and besides, Mark wouldn’t have felt well enough that day anyhow. So it is rescheduled for this coming Friday, the day before we return to come home.

I will give out a quick shout out to MD Anderson Cancer Center. From day one, we have been entirely impressed with the care given. Efficient, compassionate, thorough, I could go on and on with the compliments. I’ve worked in a lot of hospitals over the years, but this one is something special.

As for now Mark and I are chilling in our cute little condo located near the Med Center, not far from where we once lived actually. It’s like de-ja-vu all over again—living in Houston, in a small space, no kids. Ahh, memories! 😊  Speaking of kids—they are doing great! We Face Timed them tonight and they all gave us updates of their very fun weekend. I am thankful to my awesome mother-in-law holding down the fort—she is doing a great job!! Also to my parents, my sister, my kids’ friends, neighbors, several friends from church, all those bringing meals to our house, those driving my kids around to events. It truly takes a village. We thank God for our village. And we thank God for getting us to this point in this crazy journey. Our prayer now is that the rest of this week goes smoothly so that we can return home as planned.

Here's my handsome husband peacing out MD Anderson for now. Doesn't he look great?

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