Good Morning,
7: 30 am - Well, we made it down to Ann Arbor yesterday. Mom arrived at U of M about 7:00 pm. She is sharing a room with another lady. She had a fair ride down. Everyone (nurses and doctors) were very compassionate last night with her. She seemed like she was very comfortable before we left - she was only having minimal abdomen pain at that time.
They were going to take an x-ray of her chest last night to make sure her central line IV was in the appropriate place. This is policy when an IV site comes from another hospital.
This weekend they may not be running many tests on Mom, but things should really get moving on Monday. The doctor last night said that they would probably begin with imaging today and and endoscopy might also be done over the weekend.
1:30 pm - Mom had a busy night. She was having a-fib (atrial fibrilation) and some chest pain. The doctors did a few EKGs and some bloodwork. They do not think mom is at risk for a heart attack. This afternoon she is scheduled to have a CT scan of the arteries and vessels in her abdomen. The doctors said sometimes this area acts like a person has had a heart attack.
To do this test, mom needs to have an IV in the arm. This is a hard thing to do because the veins in mom's arms are very thin. For the past few weeks, they have been blowing out or the nurses have been going through them. After repeated tries today by several people, a charge (head nurse) was able to get a good IV in. Thank goodness. This process is extremely painful for mom every time they poke her. Pain tolerance is at an extreme low right now.
The CT scan will be in a couple of hours. Mom is resting (so is dad right next to her - what a sight to see).
Bye for now.
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