Amy's 'momentary trouble'

Amy had another round of Chemo today. They said that her WBC (white blood count) was good and that her CA19-9 was 100 (cancer marker) and that is REALLY good! However, they also had to extract another 3.2 liters of fluid from her stomach cavity. She had 2.5 liters removed last Monday, so she’s had 5.7 liters (or a little more that 1.5 gallons) of fluid drained from her in 8 days. This excess fluid pushes against organs and blood vessels and when this fluid is suddenly drained, it’s not uncommon for the person to have a sudden drop in blood pressure, but Amy experienced chest pain and was gasping for her breath. They quickly hooked her up to a heart monitor and noticed that she was having PVC’s (premature ventricular contractions) which are "extra" heartbeats which occur out of sync with the normal regular rhythm of the heart. They had her lay down for a couple of hours and monitored her. Later she got up and they started up again, but this time when they got her back to bed, she kind of passed out (eyes rolled up into the back of her head and she blacked out), this earned her a night’s stay in the hospital where they will keep an eye on her and conduct more tests including a CT Scan.

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