Wednesday night Alison noticed her shoulder/neck/collarbone area was swollen. The next day we went in and the chemo-nurse tested the port to see if it had malfunctioned or become infected. The nurse thought Alison might have slept on it wrong, so she told us to monitor it and come back if it got worse.
It did. This morning Alison was having pain swallowing and could barely move her head from side to side. Her hip pain is back too. So we went in for an Ultra-sound. I was waiting in the lobby for an hour and a half, which I thought was too long for normal ultrasounds, so I went back to see 'what the dilly, yo?'
They found a blood clot in Alison's shoulder. In fact, they discovered swelling in that arm that went along with the pain she was feeling. We had written off the pain to standard Procrit related junk. So... the nurse talked to Dr. Chahin. He admitted Alison this afternoon.
She'll stay at the hospital in order to take blood-thinner via IV. There's lots of little stories that happened, but I don't feel much like writing them all here. I WILL tell you that Alison's doing fine, and that she'll be in the hospital until Monday or Tuesday for observation, etc. Right now I am gathering her needs, but I'll probably be right beside her for the duration. AJ left for Iraq today, so the house will be awefully empty anyways.
I'll keep you posted.
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