Amy's 'momentary trouble'

Amy continues to have trouble keeping food & liquids down. After radiation treatment today, they gave her some more fluids and are starting to give her steroids to help her build back her strength faster (I guess that means her dreams of becoming an Olympic athlete are over!). Tomorrow she gets a break from the radiation, but they still want her to come in for another round of fluids & ‘roids. They also gave her a new, stronger anti-nausea medication (pray that this works & with minimal side effects).

Today we are at day 58. It’s been 58 days since we were first told that Amy has pancreatic cancer. It’s been 102 days since Amy first went to her doctor thinking this was a gall bladder issue. It’s amazing, we push and pester and even show our emotions when we need or want something done, or are waiting in line or anything else that may try our patience. Let’s face it, most of us (myself included) often find ourselves waiting for something or someone and we’re impatient about it. In this fast paced world, we want everything now, no waiting and if we have to wait, there had better be a pretty good reason. After all, we have people to see, things to do and places to go! I’m no different, I found myself getting impatient with Amy’s oncologist a few weeks back when she was having all the trouble with the stints. I actually half threatened him when after the second stint got plugged. I told him that ‘..each time one of these stints occlude, it puts off the time when Amy gets to start her Chemo/Radiation treatments by another 5 to 7 days. And knowing how quickly this tumor can grow, each day we put this off, gives the tumor just that much more time to spread. And I want you to know that I’m aware that if the tumor does spread beyond the pancreas, that Amy will not be eligible for the Whipple surgery and if that happens, someone’s going to pay.’ Someone’s gonna pay? What’s up with that? What, I’m going to call in 'da boys'? Do I actually think I KNOW what’s better for Amy then the medical professionals? Impatience…gets me in trouble EVERY time.

Psalm 130: 5-6 I wait for the LORD, my soul waits, and in his word I put my hope. My soul waits for the Lord more than watchmen wait for the morning.

Psalm 46: 10a Be still, and know that I am God.

PS...Because Amy will be going for one additional radiation treatment, Purple day will be WEDNESDAY, April 26th...Please Remember!!!!

This is Amy's story as seen and told by me - V