CT Scan "sort of" done.

Today has been a so-so kind of day. Not tooooo bad, and not tooooo great either. No puking - which is good (!) - but then Husband was not able to actually eat much either, since he had to fast from 10.30am onwards, for the CT Scan that he had to do this afternoon. I asked them why he had to fast - since the scan was for the upper (cervical) spine and the left arm, shoulder and armpit, NOT his stomach or intestines - but they just said he had to fast! So, OK, had breakfast at 8.30am, had some of his Ensure protein drink in between, and then, from 10.30am onwards, nothing. In some ways, having NOTHING in his stomach seems to be easier for him to handle :-(.

Around noon, my friend Eleen, from Singapore, had turned up at our place, as she is spending one night with us while she meets up with her real estate agent to look for places to stay in KL - as she is being transferred to KL to take over the customer care centre for her organisation. By 2.30pm my sister had turned up, to pick up Husband and myself, to go to UMSC for the CT Scan. She dropped us off by 3pm and then she went to run some errands while Husband and I went in for the scan. We did not have to wait for long (luckily). First they had to stick an IV port into one of his veins (crook of left elbow) then they took him into the scan room, and kicked me out .... sigh. Waited just outside the door, and after a while could hear lots of noise and voices in there, and next thing you know, they opened the door, pulled me in, and asked me if I had brought a spare t-shirt for him! Turns out that the tube carrying the contrast dye (which was supposed to go into Husband via the IV port) had leaked! The dye had leaked onto the platform that Husband was lying on, and got all over his back! I didn't have a spare t-shirt but we HAD brought along a wind-cheater type of jacket - so was able to get him out of the wet t-shirt and into the jacket. He REFUSED to try again, but luckily the radiologist said that they had got a fairly good scan, so that should be sufficient.

We could have waited 40 minutes for the image and the report, but there was no way that Husband could have sat for that long, so, since my sister was there already (having run all her errands), we decided we might as well go home so Husband can rest - and I will go back tomorrow to pick up the report and images (on DVD no less!).

The DVD is then to be handed to the hospice doctor when he visits so that they can try and identify WHERE the pain in the arm is originating from. In addition, our lovely pain management specialist, while on her way back to KL from her holiday, had also called the hospice doctor, and highlighted Husband's situation to him, and requested that he visit Husband asap to further evaluate the overall pain situation that Husband is in, to see what more can be done to alleviate the pain - especially since the pain in the lower back seems to be intensifying! At her recommendation, since the pain patch had to be changed today anyway, I put two of the pain patches on - though it will take 12 hours from time of application for the 2nd pain patch to kick in - which would bring us to around 2am on Wednesday. Let's hope the double patch WORKS.. because it is HORRIBLE HORRIBLE HORRIBLE to see Husband suffering so much! :-(.

So, what else is happening? Well, Eleen will be with us tomorrow as well - more house hunting for her to do. I have to go pick up the CT Scan report at 1pm tomorrow. My sister and two of my very dear friends are coming for tea at 3.30pm. AND, last but not least, hopefully the hospice people will be here tomorrow evening too!

That's it for now. Please do continue to keep Husband in your thoughts and prayers, that the pain can be managed and brought under control and he can start gaining some strength!

Until next time, stay safe, stay HEALTHY!