Nana

[linden_jay]

Okay, so I've had a busy crazy weekend and start to my week, what with the reunion, which I survived, and various post-reunion activities, which included an evening next to a crack den. But don't worry--they didn't let their four pit bulls out into the dirt yard, and apparently they don't have any guns, so it was all fine.

But I'm going to have to get back to writing about that at another time, because I just got a call from my mom. My Nana's (I've talked about her before) has been having back pain for a couple weeks. They did a cat scan to see if her cancer was spreading (she's had radiation, but they're not treating her more aggressively than that, because of her age and the nature of the cancer), and it came back negative.

But apparently there's another problem, which they just found out today when they took her into the hospital because the pain got too bad. She's got a broken hip. For weeks, she's been walking around with a broken hip, and she didn't know until just now. She's in the hospital now, and she's getting proper pain medication, so she's comfortable. They're doing tests to find out what caused the break and whether or not she's going to have to have surgery to repair it, or what she's going to need. It's possible that the break could have been as a result of the cancer spreading into her hip, but right now, that's all just speculation.

We won't know more until we know more, basically. At least this time my parents called to tell me what was going on as soon as we knew that something was going on, instead of trying to wait until we knew everything. When I know more, I'll let people know.

*sends hugs to my flist*.

Comments

[loreleif.livejournal.com]

*HUGS* Good luck to your Nana and your family, hon. I'll be keeping you in my thoughts.

[linden-jay.livejournal.com]

*BIG hugs back* Thank you so much, dude. She's doing a lot better now--I'll post an update soon, but thank you for the good thoughts.

[enkemeniel.livejournal.com]

OUCH!!!! *sends good thoughts and best wishes*
*hugs as well*

[linden-jay.livejournal.com]

Thank you for the hugs, good thoughts and best wishes. She's doing a lot better--we're still not sure how her recovery is going to be, but so far, so good *squishes*.

[lady-adrian.livejournal.com]

*squishes* Luck for your nana, and a big fuzzy cold-mutant-in-polarfleece hug for you!

[linden-jay.livejournal.com]

*squishes back to ma mutant* Aw, fuzzy mutants are the best kind of mutants. Thank you, baby.