Prayers,here’s a bump.
The journey continues.
Gina’s hemoglobin dropped to 7, pre op she was 12. No wonder she was passing out every time she was upright. Lost almost half of her blood volume.
They finally gave her the 2 units of blood that family donated. Hemoglobin popped back to 10 and she was able to get out of bed and walk 3 times yesterday.
Her pathology report came back: Synovial Sarcoma...This is really bizarre. It is a joint tissue but her tumor wasn’t in a joint. It was in the fleshy part of her thigh.
They did a repeat CT scan yesterday of her chest and pelvis.
She had a “suspicious spot” on her lung on the one done before surgery. The “suspicious spot” was slightly larger.
The Surgeon said, “you have to assume it is malignant until you can prove that it is not”. He has called a Thoracic consult.
She has another surgery in her future for the lung. We don’t know at this point if it will be something simple like a endoscopic procedure or if it will be an open chest thing.
She will have to have radiation and chemotherapy.
She has displayed remarkable courage and resilience through all of this.
Her son graduates tomorrow. I don’t know if she will be discharged by then but I talked one of her Surgeons to agreeing to a pass from the hospital for long enough to attend as long as she is medically stable enough to get away for a few hours.
Heavenly Father, source of life and hope, grant my sister Gina healing from this illness. Knit her limbs strongly and free of this malignancy.
Lord Jesus,through your life and death you know human suffering, in your infinite compassion and mercy, heal her suffering, restore her to her family, and grant her the grace to grow in compassion.
Succor her family through this trial.