Please keep mom in your prayers. She is having a tough time right now. She has been having bad abdominal pain for several weeks since being in Florida. It reached such a high level of pain last Wednesday that she went to the emergency room and has been in the hospital since then. She went through a battery of tests looking for an obstruction, new tumor masses, or infection. What they did find among other things was abdominal fluid retention which could be a sign the cancer is more advanced than we thought. Her doctor in Florida has advised mom to return to Rhode Island to be with her family and her team of Dana Farber doctors. This news was a devastating surprise for mom; she felt like she was getting better and doing well all things considered.
However, mom is not being released from the hospital in Florida yet because mom is not able to move her bowels (likely due to pain medication but they looking for other causes) and because at certain times of the day the pain meds are not able to control her pain. We are not certain when she and dad will be leaving Florida - at the moment Patty and I are down here with them - but we hope we can fly them home within the next few days or within the week. It will be very hard to mom and dad to leave her - they love it and they have wonderfully supportive friends down here. But mom realizes she wants to spend time and treasure life, family and friends up back at the Golden Pond home.
I know you have many more questions - all of us in our family do too. The doctors are being helpful but they are not able to give us a road map at the moment how exactly this is going to play out. I will keep you posted when we know more, when she is going home to Rhode Island, when she might be able to visit or talk with people.
We are all so grateful for your love and support of mom and dad.
Love, Christiana, Katharine and Michael
PS She is not able to talk on the phone much - gets tired and has a very dry mouth at times. If you were going to send her a letter, I would send it to the Rhode Island address:
979 Old Stafford Road
Tiverton, RI
02878
Monday, February 10, 2014
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Thanks for your notes of encouragement for Denise and family.
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I promise my prayers and those of the Ursulines who dearly love Denise and Ed. Tell your mom that "67 is united in prayer at this time.I have the Florida sea shells in my prayer place and remember you all--especially as I drink my morning coffee froma mug made by your brother.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Martha Counihan