hiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii, i'M BACK

I am so glad to be back on line! As some of you know I have been in the hospital for a week now and today Sydney bought me a new lap top and the hospital has wi-fi! Yeah!
So, first for the dirty story. Most of my "old" friends, with loose bowels, or with constipation have experienced the evacuation explosion! So, now I have two chest tubes, because when they did the biopsy they made a hole in the balloon that we call a lung. At first it looked like a blood clot would close the leak, but as the day went on, and that was last Friday, the leak got bigger so the pulmonogist said we need to put a tube into your chest cavity to extract the air in there that is stopping the lung from inflating.
So, down to the CT room so they could insert a tube through my skin, chest, etc. A little versed and phentynal to make me cooperative and a few take a deep breaths and hold it and we were back in the hall heading up stairs. At the other end of the tube is box that is hooked to suction on the wall and it is supposed to pull the air and any blood type stuff out of the chest wall. Usually takes a day or two. Doesn't really hurt. Just a bother moving around, like to the toilet on time. LATER.
On Sunday, Doc says we want to put another tube into the chest. OK more drugs and more boxes and tubing to move around. Today is day seven, a little improvement on the daily xray. MAYBE tommorrow will be the day they clamp the tubes and do a trial run and if all goes good. I go home. OR, if no improvement, they have a much BIGGER chest tube that might work faster.
When one is in the hospital, they measure everything that goes in or comes out.And just in case one is slacking on the out-go they give you stool softeners.
When I need to go to the bathroom, across the room, I have to gather up the drain tubes attached to the two suction boxes and carry the boxes across my bed and set them strategically in front of the bathroom door and I have just enough tether to back up over the measuring pot and squat without dumping over the suction boxes. The softened stool was impatient with my progress and so the lovely pink sweats are in a sack with a knot tied to keep the odor at bay and I had to do laundry in the toilet.
I am telling you all this more than you need to know information because in the big picture of the week, that really is they only thing that made me cuss!
The biospy is still no definte, but the oncologist is sure it is a primary lung cancer and not the old breast cancer. I have had no radiation for a week but I am told they will just tack on the corrected number at the end. I hope to resume that next week and I think probably the chemo might start on a once a week basis. My hair is coming out. Friend Kathy brought me earrings from Walmart and I found a cute white hat for Easter at Herbergers. She's going to get it for me. We are planning an Easter egg hunt and dinner as some of our kids will be here. Molly, Sydney's sister is on the train as I type this and she will arrrive with utter chaos around noon tomorrow which will keep Sydney occupied. PS I have daffodils and carnations in my room and I have love all around me. Thanks guys.