So I get stuck at the hospital all day again. Dr. Trillo came in this morning and said that things look fine, so if I’m doing okay on Monday, then I can just do my chemo then. I’ve already had my CBC and chest x-ray in the morning, when the internist comes in. She says that some of my cardiac enzymes were elevated, so they want me to be evaluated by a cardiologist. I get a echocardiogram and EKG, then the cardiologist comes in and says that all the tests look fine, but those enzymes are high and he’s still concerned. He wants to monitor me one more night. So now they start drawing blood every 4 hours, and mind you I only have one hand available for that, and I get to stay till Sunday. They won’t let me go home. I’ll have to put my foot down tomorrow. He had mentioned something about doing a stress test, but I wonder if he realizes that now is not a time that I can even do one.
I’m severely painful in my mouth. Often spitting leads to gagging. I’m trying to avoid talking completely. No one at the hospital is really getting it, but I guess that’s not their fault. I can’t get anything but morphine IV which is really just barely cutting the mustard now that the fentanyl has worn off. I can’t wait to go home, so I can use some of the pain relief things that I have there. Dr. Trillo said that I could still use the fentanyl patch just not at as high a dose. I think I may try 75 when I get home and see if I can suffer through a week on that. I’m scared, but with this amount of pain I need to do something for myself.