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April 16, 2008
| paracentesis and frustration | Views: 340 |
all the pain angel has endured the past three weeks has finally been alleviated! a very non evasive procedure called paracentesis was performed (why the f*ck didn;’t anyone come up with this earlier? my own readings and people after the fact told me about this procedure, and which is very common with colon and cervical cancer). the pain and aching was due to an overflow of fluids the liver wasn’t able to process, and dumped into her abdominal cavity causing her vital organs to squeeze together. a total of about a gallon and a half was drained. it was quite amazing to see her belly go down after each jar filled. after the second, angel told me how hungry she was. we’ll keep her on a soft food diet until we can meet back with dr. otero to go over the game plan.
angel loves dr. otero, and since being back on vacation, he came up with this procedure that three other doctors didn’t. we see a specialist next week who will hopefully never let so much time go by because he and his team have experienced the most basic of causes of pain from this type of cancer.
we’ll enjoy the next couple of days while they biopsy the fluid (whether it’s cancer or not). she’s napping tight right not, and plans to get out of house and catch up on activity is planned for the next couple of days. i also see this as a window of opportunity for myself to get some much needed work finished and possibly even a visit with emmanuel to cut my nappy hair off.
i hope this is not more cancer, keep angel in your thoughts.
more at a later time.
05.04.08 - 
Thanks for your support -
I will be continuing to hold you both in my heart/thoughts.
Great to hear about the drainage, isn’t it fun to see something like that? The thrills of life just never cease to amaze me!
Stay Up mang!
Timothy
Dear Ben; That was great news you posted and one amazing story of how so many Doctors missed recommending this procedure! Good god what a medical haze. Both of you sound relieved now that they figured that part out. I presume the Doctor you are seeing next week is a specialist for Pain. That works. Anything to aleviate the pain is the right thing to do. Angel is such a trooper and needs to be comfortable. Good luck next week. Weezie
thanks guys, i think we are making the correct steps. we know that angel’s cancer is very aggressive and the new specialists will say so. i hope with their specialty and experience of dealing with colon cancer, they will diagnose new pain quicker than things have been moving previously. thanks for the continued support.