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Pam's on the move!

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Just talked to Pam (10 PM)and she told me that she is being transferred to Royal Colombian in just a few minutes. She will be in 4-South, an actual room! No more hallways in the Emergency! So that’s a nice thing.

Still no word on her surgery. I’ll be heading out to see her early in the morning and I’ll update you as soon as I hear more.

However, being in the actual hospital where the surgery is taking place is a big step forward. I’m certain when the doctor sees how she is suffering they will do something quickly.

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Wednesday Update

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I spent the morning with Pam. She had a relatively quiet night, but not much sleep. They are giving her as much morphine as she needs or wants to combat the pain. I took her KOBO e-reader, so she tried to read some Sherlock Holmes, but she couldn’t really concentrate or focus.

They gave her an MRI this morning while I was there and it was much less painful than the CAT scan, since she was already on the mobility board.

The trauma surgeon who will be doing the surgery, still does not have her scheduled. She is to be transferred to the Trauma Center at Royal Colombian “soon.” It is 5 pm here and they have not moved her yet. The nurse told her that the latest they would move her would be in the morning, but it could happen anytime during the night. At least when she is at Royal Colombian we can see some light at the end of the tunnel.

She’s had no surgery and no procedures. The diagnostic tests are complete, so that when the trauma surgeon does see her, she will not need any more tests! She has still not eaten since lunch yesterday. They are keeping her “NPO” in case there is a surgical spot open that she can take.

I’m heading up to see her now. I’m hoping by the time I get there, there will be some concrete news!

She is in pretty good spirits, considering the difficulty, but again, the pain is so severe, and so constant, it’s wearing on her.

I’m sorry if I don’t email or call you all personally, but I’m going to try to keep the blog as updated as I can.

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Update on Pam

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Pam had a pretty restful night. She says her armpit hurts more than the breast. That’s from the lymph removal, rather than the cancer removal. She has some “glowing” from the radioactive dye they injected. She’s got her arm propped up with a pillow to keep the pressure off the arm, and it’s helping.

She tried to type, but one handed was frustrating for her! haha Guess I can out-type her with one arm tied behind her back!

She’s drained her “davol” once – it’s a tube to take away blood away from the incision area. She’s taken only a couple pain pills, so she’s doing well. She’s having a nap. Max is laying beside her, snoring away! haha

We got a big dump of snow – around five inches or so. So there’s a nice white covering over everything! We used to be able to say we don’t get much snow here, but last few years we’ve seen snow several times a year.

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