The call...

A horrible call I received this morning. Mom called and she was upset, dad was in extreme pain and she had called the doctor. When I got to mom and dad's he was doubled over in so much pain and he was crying - I have never in my life seen him cry like this - it took me biting my tongue not to cry. I called the doctor again and of course got an operator but I told them it was an emergency that he had taken four of his pain medicine in three hours and nothing was helping him.

They wanted us to go to the VA Hospital - so we go over there and they sent us to the emergency room - and mind you during this whole time dad is still in extreme pain. The admissions clerk at the emergency room told us the nurse was at lunch and there were five people in front of us and I told him "Are you freaking kidding me" - Don't you think if it is an emergency you should get in right away- I was so aggravated - so we didn't get back to see anyone for an hour, I kept trying to be pushy and I even told the admissions clerk that he didn't understand how hard it was to see someone you love in so much pain and not be able to do anything about it.

So we get through the nurse and then we see another nurse who asked the same questions the first nurse did and finally after about two hours he started to get some pain medicine. He was dehyrdrated so they started him on fluids, and throughout the day he was in so much pain. They did take a scan of his chest and his stomach. His extreme pain is in the stomach area and he was sensitive to touch it - but the doctor on call said they weren't sure why he was in so much pain, that they will have to admit him.

So there he is in the VA Hospital not knowing what is going, not knowing why he is having all of this pain, he was suppose to have a scan first thing tomorrow morning but they pushed that off because they said it may be the tumor repositioning itself. All I know is he is in ALOT of pain and it took us almost 7hours to get a room and for him to get some type of relief. I hear all emergency rooms are like this, if that is the case, I hope no one has a dire emergency - Unbelievable.

So we will back at the hospital tomorrow hopefully to get answers and all I want is for him to get relief for the pain, I know it is tearing us apart those who see him, that he is in that much pain and there is nothing we can do - nothing!

I'll keep everyone updated as soon as I know anything.

Much love to all,