Cancer Pain

John had fevers a couple nights in a row, and a lot of pain all over.  So we went to the ER yesterday.  We left our house at 8:40 am and got home about 10:30 pm.  A HUGE thank you to our wonderful friends and neighbors who took care of the boys while we were gone so long! (And after watching our boys all afternoon/evening, one of them even cleaned our house. And others have done this too.We seriously have the kindest neighbors!)

The ER ran blood work and UA to see if they could find an infection.  So far they haven't found anything, but sometimes that can take a few days.

They did find that his red blood counts and his platelets were low, so he got a transfusion of each.  That helped him feel better.  Chest X-ray didn't show any infection in lungs.

About mid afternoon, we remembered to also tell the doctor that along with all the pain, John could barely move his left leg.  So she did an x-ray on his leg.  X-Ray didn't show any fractures.  She asked John do move his leg for her.  She was able to pinpoint where the most pain was.  She ordered an MRI try to get a better picture of what was going on right there.  We didn't want to mask the issue if we could figure out for sure what was causing it and get it treated correctly.  We really appreciated that she was willing to get to the bottom of it.  After the MRI results came back, she said it was cancer right in that area.  So we left with 2 different types of transfusions and a steroid to hopefully help his leg.

They were also able to get his pain level from an 8 to a 5, so that is nice.  Hopefully it will keep going down as he has learned some more ways to manage it.

We aren't sure about all these pain issues that keep popping up and turning out to be cancer pains, but the tumor on John's forehead seems to be shrinking, so we will keep hoping that this new drug is working.