Goodbye November!

I think it is fair to say that this November has not been my favorite month ever. As a matter of fact, it is pretty close to my LEAST favorite month ever. The last day of November proved true to the rest of my month and it is going out with a bang!

Today was supposed to be my day back to work. Aly had figured out how to arrange my office furniture so my wheelchair would fit and the maintenance guys had come and moved it all around. All the girls had cleaned and vacuumed so when I got there today I was so excited to wheel right into an office that was not only wheelchair friendly, but also very clean. It felt so good to sit at my desk again! When ten o'clock rolled around Lisa loaded me up and we headed to radiation. Then, what started as a quick radiation session turned into a marathon event.

I have noticed some swelling in my leg so I asked to see the doctor after radiation. My doctor is out of town, but they had a doctor covering so I showed her the swelling. She called my family doctor and he ordered an ultrasound. After the ultrasound I was admitted to the hospital with a bloodclot. The doctors called my neurosurgeon at Hopkins and agreed that a head CT was needed to make sure that there wasn't any bleeding in my brain. When it turned up clear, the doctors started a Heparin drip and tomorrow I will start on an oral blood thinner. Tomorrow evening I will have another head CT to make sure there is still no bleeding. When the blood thinner levels are where the doctor want them to be, they will release me. This could take one to several days.

I guess the good news is that I am in WVU Hospital East (City Hospital) in Martinsburg and Brad brought the boys to see me tonight. Since I have had five surgeries in the past seven years and have spent my fair share of time in the hospital, I have always been able to prepare them for my overnight stays. This was a surprise so I was glad they could come and see that I was OK. Ian was eager to point out all the neat things you will find in a hospital room while I noticed tears in Trent's eyes several times. And that is really really hard.

Another good part of being here is that I can see the building where I get radiation out my window and tomorrow they will transport me down the road for my pelvis radiation. So, I won't miss any radiation days!

So, if you ever had one of those days that didn't quite turn out the way you expected, you know how I feel tonight. I'm going to shut this laptop down and get some rest. Tomorrow is a new day, a new month even and I am going to say a prayer that December is a good one!