Why the title for this blog?

I struggle with staying positive in the sight of adversity. It is very easy for me to dwell on the negative aspects of my situation and miss the blessings that come from the trial and so I will use this blog to help me stay focused on the rainbows of my life.

Monday, February 22, 2010

Chemo on hold

I went in to the hospital today for my next chemo treatment and ended up coming home without it. Before I get any chemo treatments they always do lab work to make sure all my blood counts are okay and also to check if the port is working properly. Today the ladies in the lab could not get my port to operate and so they could not get any blood to flow through or saline solutions to flow through so they couldn't give me chemo.
I am still having pain in my arm on the port side and so either I have a blood clot somewhere between the port and the heart or my body is turning on the port and rejecting it. The radiologist isn't in Litchfield today and so I have to wait fro him to come to town before they do a die study to find out what is going on. It is possible that I am going to end up in surgery again. I just pray that if it is a blood clot that has formed in the line that it doesn't break loose because the first place it will head is straight to the heart.
FOr now I am home and the nurse told me to take some aspirin.She is going to contact the Drs'. and discuss the problem with them.

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