I’ve given up trying to second guess how long the hospital will keep her in for. Sam had a meeting with the cancer nurse this morning who said that she could come home today if she wanted to. Believe it or not, Sam said no because she didn’t think she was ready, although after a couple of hours of thinking about it she thought “sod it” decided to make her escape.
Very very sore and very very wobbly is how I’d describe the way Sam is feeling. The bruise is starting to come out now which means the impressive war wound now has some art to go with it. It’s kind of scary to think that, before October 2013, Sam didn’t have one scar on her body. Now she’s got one for each day of the week.
She was a bit away with the fairies yesterday when I went to visit her in hospital. She was sat in bed with 2 tubes coming out of the side of her body with each one leading into 2 bags that were just hung down by her hip. These are drains that are designed to get rid of any fluid build up that may occur in the wound. That’s one of the reasons Sam didn’t want to come home today. She has to empty these bags twice a day and measure the contents into a cup (yummy). They talked through with Sam how to empty them and showed her what to do with the contents so she would be more confident when she got home. They then decided that one of the drains wasn’t draining enough fluid and that it would be more beneficial to remove it completely and just leave the one in. This is where it got a bit painful because, as it turns out, each tube is actually stitched into the skin which makes the removal of each tube quite tricky.
Sam didn’t sleep too well last night due to the combination of pain and the moany woman in the bed next to her. Luckily, the first thing she did when she got home was to have a couple of hours kip on the sofa to recharge some batteries.
We’ve got an appointment for next Wednesday (again) to get the results from the tissue that was removed yesterday. This will show us how much vascular invasion occurred (hopefully none) and how many lymph nodes (If any) have traces of cancer in them. This will determine whether or not Sam will go ahead and have radiotherapy treatment. If there are 4 or more infected lymph nodes, then a CT scan will be ordered to check other areas around the body.
In the meantime, Sam has been ordered to rest, not lift anything (Charlie included) for the next 2 weeks and look after herself completely. Looks like I’d better get my nurse’s outfit ready. 😉
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Rest up sam and enjoy rich and his nurses outfit !!!!!!!! What a funny image !!!! Seriously though rest up all and thoughts are with you x x claire x
Wow guys, you’ve been on some rollercoaster ride haven’t you. I’m glad to hear Sam is home, best place to get lots of rest. I hope she does what she’s told and takes it easy – you won’t turn into Nurse Ratchett will you Rich? 🙂 Big hugs to you all. x
The best advice is winging it’s way to you Sam – beautiful Sam – and that is rest and get better quickly. We all love you and, of course, Rich and the children. It’s a team effort!
Great to hear Sam is home. Make sure she goes up to rest properly in bed a few times a day – if the little babies can see her they will want something from her!
Lots of love and fingers crossed for the news we all want to hear next wednesday xx