Another Admission...

Hello Everyone! Thanks to all for the well-wishes after Mom's AWESOME news. As mentioned earlier, Mom is going to be admitted on Friday, August 19th. She'll first go in for a procedure to have a port placed. The port will be inserted under the skin, in her upper chest, usually. The port will allow them to access mom for chemo, but then they can de-access it at the end of her admission. This way she will still have it in place for the remainder of her treatment, but won't be restricted by what she can do when she's not in the hospital and she won't have to get another PICC Line (a PICC line is like an IV, but it lasts for weeks rather than days, so that you can get drugs administered). Mom will likely be in the hospital for a week this time. When we now what her regimen will look like, we'll update the blog. Meanwhile, just pray for a smooth port placement and that Mom won't have to wait too long to get admitted (sometimes waiting for a room can take awhile).

On another note, since this is the Williams Family Journey, I would be remiss not to mention that Dad was admitted to IU West last Thursday for a leg infection. After a short admission (he was discharged Wednesday) he got a PICC Line (see above) that he will keep for a few weeks while he continues to get IV Antibiotics. He will also return periodically to visit Physical Therapy so that they can measure his leg to monitor the swelling and properly fit wraps for his legs to help keep the swelling down. He seems to be much happier now that he is home and hopefully he'll be feeling much better soon.
More updates soon. Take care everyone!