Hopes & prayers that this works out for her!
Are you on FMLA yet? If not, apply for it at your work. You might just be needing it.
Sending prayers your way.
I don’t know what FMLA is. I don’t have any benefits though, except for vacation time each year. No sick pay or anything.
It’s Family Medical Leave. It’s unpaid leave that you can take for medical reasons. I took it when my husband was sick.
Here is some information: FMLA Frequently Asked Questions | U.S. Department of Labor
I’m going to the hospital now. My sister called and there has been trouble with the insertion of the port in Mom’s shoulder. Her heart rate is elevated, meds aren’t bringing it down, and they are going to shock her.
{{{Baker & family}}}
Luck to her.
I hope she’s ok. Hugs.
G-d, Baker.
Good thoughts to your mom and your family, Baker.
Hoping for good news.
They got the heart rythym back to normal. It was actually done by the time I got there. My sister said she was sedated beforehand too.
The doctors don’t know why her heart began to flutter like that, it had been fine all morning.
I’m just relieved she’s going to be at home tonight. Mom always feels better resting at home rather than the hospital.
Thanks for the good will.
No problem - glad to help as best vibes can.
Offline for a few days…glad to be able to read a happy ending to a mini-crisis!
Tomorrow morning I take my mother in for her first chemotherapy treatment. I’m kind of scared. I’m told she won’t feel much of anything, but it’s the after that concerns me as well.
I’ve heard of nausea, of hair loss, of an overall dragging feeling.
I need to take some deep breaths so that no matter what happens I stay calm. When my dad was killed last year I got through it, in front of my mom, by visualizing dough rising out of a bowl, and me punching it back down. The dough was my feelings getting too overwhelming, and so I pressed it back down. Hey, I’m a baker, it worked then.
I’m taking a couple books with me, as I’m told also we will be there for quite a while. Two very different books. One is a thriller I’ve been saving for this, a Clive Cussler novel. Brain candy. The other book is my copy of The Book of Common Prayer. Can’t get too different, can I?:o
This is for the doctors and nurses and other techs.
Sanctify, O Lord, those whom you have called to the study and practice of the arts of healing, and to the prevention of disease and pain. Strengthen them by you life-giving Spirit, that by their ministries the health of the community may be promoted and your creation glorified;, through Jesus Christ our Lord, Amen.
Amen.
I forget what they gave my mother when she was on chemo but she was totally nausea-free. Do they have your Mom on any anti-nausea medication?
Yes, you will want stuff to read & it might not hurt to have a tablet or
laptop with you if possible.
No meds I know of.
I don’t own a laptop, s o once I leave, in about fifteen minutes, to pick up my mom, I won’t be back until later this evening. I’ll be at mom’s house when the treatment is over and she’s not online.
Baker, the best wishes to you and your mom. I’ve been through scares like this before. Of course it’s no fun, but from reading this thread, it sounds like she’s doing great for all she’s been through.
Stay as strong as you have been.
Continuing best wishes, Baker.