Hello my friends,
Louie and I had a fantastic holiday. He looks like a native Dominican and I got rather tanned myself. The resort was gorgeous. We were treated that royalty, the food was great, the drinks nice and cold and the entertainment amazing. A funny story, we broke the bed not once but twice
I won't say anymore about that
April 1st Louie took is father to the Dr with a list of many concerns, rapid weight loss since Christmas, the loss of his bodily functions and very painful bone pain. At the appointment the Dr was going through his notes and asked Louie what was the out come of the lesion found on his father's lung in 2005. Louie was stunned to say the least. We found out his brother had taken his dad to a specialist to discuss treatment options and declined treatment. His brother also failed to inform Louie what was going on at the time. Louie works in the hospitals and could have arranged for his father to have a second opinion. Well we had to put our anger aside and deal with the issue his father was dealing with now. Louie took is father for a chest xray and it revealed he has a mass now.
The day before we were to leave for our holiday Louie was to take his father to the cancer clinic to discuss the situation, and to stage his father. The Drs all feel that the tumour is cancerous and has probably spread to his bones. I would guess liver also because of his colouring. As luck would have it the appointment got moved to the following Monday, so since we were on vacation his brother had to take the father. We called home that night and my brother-in-law was very upset because the Dr told my father-in-law that they are sure he has cancer but they need to do a needle aspiration into the lung to confirm it. My father-in-law will be 82 in July and has been a very heavy smoker all of his life. He also has to have some bone imaging done. My father-in-law has also started to pass out for a minute or two throughout the day. It scares the poop out of my mother-in-law. The situation is not good to say the least.
Wednesday night I called my house to talk to my sons, I was missing them so much and Thursday night we were flying home, but would not actually get home until 4:00 Friday morning. Anthony answered the phone. I was so happy to hear his voice. He was rather upset, he had just gotten of the phone with his grandmother. Her sister was in the hospital in a coma on life support. She suffered cardiac arrest on Monday and was without oxygen for several minutes. I kind of freaked and told Anthony I would call his Nonna (grandmother). Louie called his mom and she was a mess to say the least. Thankfully I had packed up everything before all of this, because we were just so numb.
The airplane ride home was just beautiful. It was a very clear night all the way from Punta Cana in the Dominican Republic to Pearson International airport in Toronto. We arrived 45 minutes a head of schedule. I guess the pilot was speeding! The shuttle bus picked us up and took us to our car. Louie was off in another world and took the wrong highway cutoff the 401 West to London. We needed 403 West to Hamilton. We ended up in Guelph, an hour away from our home. At this point we are both so tired, we were very giddy. We finally got home at 4:30 am. Of course we couldn't settle, but we went to bed at 6:00 am after bathing and showering.
My youngest son came in our room at 9:15 to kiss me before he went to school. At that point I got up and called Louie's cousins. I went back to bed and got up just after the noon hour. Louie and were going back to Toronto to the hospital to see his aunt. His mom decided she wanted to come also. My 2nd son Nicholas stayed with my father-in-law because he cannot be left on his own. My poor mother-in-law was so distraught when she saw her sister it was heart breaking. Seeing someone on life support isn't a pretty sight. The poor lady has phenomia now with a very high fever. The Drs gave her 76 hour window frame for improvement but she hasn't improved. Tomorrow they will do another brain wave function test, if there has been no improvement the family will have to decide when to pull the plug.
So that is what we have come home too. Louie is hanging tough for the most part. I am here for him. Now my headaches and facial pain that is a whole new topic!
Anne Marie
