Update: Dad is out of the ER. He saw his oncologist this afternoon and the hip/leg MRI did not show anything. The Dr. thinks he pinch a nerve in his back that is causing pain in his hip and leg. His white blood count was low when he had his blood tests this morning - the Dr. this is because he has been taking Tylenol for pain? He's going to have him re-tested on Wednesday - hope the levels look better by then. Not having whole body scans for so long makes me really nervous when things like this happen, but the Dr. does not think that the pain is cancer and suggested sticking with the date at the end of the month for whole body scans.
Mom will likely be having a procedure done tonight or tomorrow morning to hopefully fix her heartbeat from racing. Feels like we're too young to be going through all of this with our parents as young as they are, but guess we have to deal with the cards we're dealt and trying as best we can. Please keep the prayers coming and thanks again for everything.
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Could use some extra prayers again this am - we've had a great couple of weeks where Dad was feeling good and had a little break in treatment, but his hip and leg started hurting over the past couple of days and after becoming progressively worse, He decided to go to the ER in the middle of the night, concerned about the possibility of another blood clot. They ran a few tests and all came back negative for blood clots. They just took him for an x-ray of his hip and leg to look for other signs of the source of the pain. Naturally with his diagnosis we're concerned the pain is a results of melanoma mets on/in his bones...should hear the results of the x-rays within the next few hours. He also has a sinus infection right now - which for most wouldn't be an issue, but for Dad it makes him feel really weak.
In addition mom's been having some health issues over the past week with her heart beat racing for long periods of time/more than normal - she's being monitored and will have a follow up appointment on Thursday.
We could really use some extra prayers this am. I'll let you know when we have the results of the x-rays.
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