We were unable to control Carla's pain with the meds prescribed on her hospital dismissal. We called the surgeon's office and talked to one of his residents. Basically they said they weren't responsible now that she was out of the hospital. They wanted us to contact her primary care physician back in Springfield.
We saw Dr. Barlogie this afternoon. Once he saw Carla's condition, he wouldn't talk to us about myeloma maintenance. He said she should not have been dismissed from the hospital. He told her to take oxycodone for break-through pain and he got her an appointment with the pain doctor in the Cancer Center tomorrow morning. He is trying to get her an appointment with an infectious disease doctor as he was concerned about her CRP being so high and her blood counts so low. He wants her to have blood drawn daily so they can monitor her better. He doesn't want us to leave Little Rock until after we see him on December 10th. If she is better then, he will talk about maintenance.
Now we have to wait and see how this week progresses and see about where to stay once our sub-lease expires this Sunday.
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Carla and Ernie:
ReplyDeleteWe're praying that the docs and meds do their thing and get Carla's pain, CRP, etc. under control so that you can get back to the Show Me State.
BTW- we stayed at the HFH apartments during our stay in LR (Dec. 08 - Sept. 09). Regina and her Little Rock Church team provide a wonderful service.
All my best.
Sean Murray, from Kimberling City, MO
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