daparish
02-03-2009, 01:18 PM
It seems like when it rains it pours.
My uncle (mom's younger brother) has been sick for the last year. He is exremly anemic and they can not figure out why or where the blood is going. The dr was pretty sure he had leukemia about 6 months ago and did a bone marrow test which came back negative for leukemia. He started feeling better and his blood count remained normal until this week. He is self employed fisherman and does not have medical insurance so that makes things even harder. He was having trouble breathing and went to the dr and they put him in the hospital and he received 2 pints of blood yesterday and 2 pints today. They did another bone marrow test and other test today. His wife was diagnosed with colon cancer years ago. She could not finish her chemo treatments because she seemed to have a rare allergic reaction to something in the chemo. A couple of weeks ago the pupil in her left eye became dilated. She went to the dr who said he thought it might me a tumor or an aneurysim. She had an eye scan last week and has not received the results yet. Today she had to go for a lung scan because they see something on one of her lungs. It is very scary to think that they both may be fighting for their lives. It is also pretty hard because they both want to be there for the other but my aunt had to go for her test while my uncle had the bone marrow test.
On top of this my DH went to the eye dr yesterday because he broke his glasses which he only needs for far distances. He has not seen an eye dr in forever. The dr told him it appears that something is wrong with his optic nerves. They are very narrow which could mean that something is pressing on them or he mentioned a disease of the optic nerve (can't remember it) but said there is no cure. He has to have an ultrasound and then we will go from there.
We sure could use some prayers and any extra pixie dust you can spare.
God Bless.
My uncle (mom's younger brother) has been sick for the last year. He is exremly anemic and they can not figure out why or where the blood is going. The dr was pretty sure he had leukemia about 6 months ago and did a bone marrow test which came back negative for leukemia. He started feeling better and his blood count remained normal until this week. He is self employed fisherman and does not have medical insurance so that makes things even harder. He was having trouble breathing and went to the dr and they put him in the hospital and he received 2 pints of blood yesterday and 2 pints today. They did another bone marrow test and other test today. His wife was diagnosed with colon cancer years ago. She could not finish her chemo treatments because she seemed to have a rare allergic reaction to something in the chemo. A couple of weeks ago the pupil in her left eye became dilated. She went to the dr who said he thought it might me a tumor or an aneurysim. She had an eye scan last week and has not received the results yet. Today she had to go for a lung scan because they see something on one of her lungs. It is very scary to think that they both may be fighting for their lives. It is also pretty hard because they both want to be there for the other but my aunt had to go for her test while my uncle had the bone marrow test.
On top of this my DH went to the eye dr yesterday because he broke his glasses which he only needs for far distances. He has not seen an eye dr in forever. The dr told him it appears that something is wrong with his optic nerves. They are very narrow which could mean that something is pressing on them or he mentioned a disease of the optic nerve (can't remember it) but said there is no cure. He has to have an ultrasound and then we will go from there.
We sure could use some prayers and any extra pixie dust you can spare.
God Bless.