Today was the day Carla had been gearing up for. Her bone marrow transplant process to start. Preparation, packing, physical conditioning, emotional strengthing. Her body had a different plan...
She woke up this morning at about 3:30am with some pain on her right side, then it quickly escalated to excruciating pain.
What could be happening? Just yesterday we spent the entire day together as a family. McCall's soccer game was cancelled, Callie had morning gymnastics, had a Subway lunch, went to see the movie Soul Surfer, ate dinner at Chili's, visited her parents, once we got home Carla took a bath to unwind, we all settled down on the couch to watch a movie (me and Callie stayed awake) until 11ish, and we all went to bed sleeping under the same roof knowing that mom would be going away for some time.
I called the nurse's station at the hospital, coordinated a few calls with the Physician's Assistant and the on-call doctor, and they instructed us to come in...we were supposed to be there at 8am anyways for the big day. We left the house about 6am after our dear neighbor Patti came over to be with the kids when they woke.
Once we got there, they checked her over, drew blood, checked for infections, drew cultures, order a CT, but most important...worked on getting the pain under control. Although not completely gone, they succeeded. Next, she went down for a CT with a handful of possibilities. About 2pm the doctor got the radiology report...Kidney Stone! We were quite relieved that it was not something worse.
Good News, Bad News. Good news, it happened now before the transplant process started, where a possible infection could be very life threatening with no immune system. Bad news, transplant is on hold until the stone passes. She was just 6 hours from starting the process. Carla is in good hands at the hospital right now. We may know more tomorrow about the impact to the transplant schedule.
We thank you all for the hope, love, support.
The Hennessy's
1 comment:
Holy cow! I'm glad that the pain was from something relatively minor, but... OUCH! Both my brother and sister have had issues with k.s. and I DO NOT envy you. Let's just hope it's all good news from now on :). Love you all! Let me know if there is anything I can do. xoxo
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