My life since metastatic osteosarcoma diagnosis October 2002. I am Audra, a 34 yr old female. My husband is Glen and our 6+ year old daughter is Angela.
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Thursday, June 19, 2003
Audra's rehab is going quite well. She's expecting to come home on Sunday. In the meantime she seems to be enjoying the nursing home's, I mean rehab unit's activities. Audra is becoming a real bingo whiz. I think she's looking to become the karaoke queen as well.
Speaking of kids, today Audra's "mother" was asked to pay for the TV rental since Audra was too young to pay her own. Funny thing however, It wasn't Audra's mother it was her girlfriend Joanne. Daddy (me) wasn't there to enjoy the moment but I had a good laugh at Joanne's expense when I was told the story.
Did I happen to mention that Audra's roommate thinks I'm handsome?
Thursday, June 19, 2003
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Audra has been moved to St. Mary's Medical Center in Langhorne, PA. We're expecting her to be there for 5-10 days for in-patient rehab. She's doing well, feels good and trying to get back to everyone that's called.
She's on a strict rehab program that has her doing some type of rehab between 10:30am - 12 noon and 2:15pm - 4pm every day. Audra is quite young compared to the other patients. Everyone thinks Audra is 20 years old. They'll ask while I'm sitting right next to her. That makes me her father I guess.
Tuesday, June 17, 2003
Friday, June 13, 2003
Success!
Audra was wheeled in for surgery at her 1pm scheduled time. About two and a half hours later Dr. Horowitz told us the hip replacement went well, just as expected. He said her bone, although brittle, was in a bit better shape than they expected.
We saw Audra about 2 hours after surgery and she was in great spirits. She said she had some discomfort in her hip but other than that, she was feeling fine. Today, Friday, she's should be sitting up and by tomorrow the doctor said she'll probably be walking.
If all goes as planned, Audra will be enrolled for in-patient rehab at St. Mary's Hospital in Langhorne on Monday. In the meantime she'll be in Virtua West Jersey Hospital of Marlton, NJ, room 409-D.
Friday, June 13, 2003
Sunday, June 01, 2003
Glen: I guess Audra was a bit bored of her own blog so here's and update right from the horse’s mouth:
Audra: Let’s see the past month of May. I have been traveling to NY by car with Glen, Angel, and Dad (Angelo). No more trains for me. My girlfriend Lois form Pittsburgh has been over to see me a few times and also traveled up to NYC with me. Lois is a very old and dear friend from elementary school. We used to get in a lot of trouble together. Her family moved back to Pittsburgh but we stayed in contact, thanks to her. Most of you know how I hate to write and if you did not know you know now!
I have been getting blood transfusions, chemo treatments and Antibiotics (for blood infections) most of the past few months. In a recent x-ray I had, it showed my right shoulder and left hip are not doing that well. Possible fracture in my shoulder but Dr. Rosen is most concerned about my hip since its weight bearing. Glen and I went to see my old orthopedic surgeon Dr. Horowitz in Voorhees, NJ. As it ends up I am going to have yet another surgery. Never Finished I guess. They will be replacing my left hip with a fake one. I will be in the hospital for may be 3-5 days and then some rehab. We will know more once I have the surgery. If my blood counts hold up, the surgery date will be June 12th. Everyone say a prayer or two for me. We will not be in New York for this one we will be in New Jersey and hopefully rehab will be close to home in or around Langhorne. The hospital for surgery is Virtua West Jersey Hospital – Marlton.
The past month has not been completely bad. There is some good news. The week of May 17th Glen, Angela, Nephew Paul, Angel, Mom, Dad, and I went on vacation to the Outer banks in North Carolina. My friend Marilynne (I met her back in 1992 we worked together at the bank) and her husband Gary let us be the first renters (it was a gift!) in her beautiful remodeled ocean front house. The home is gorgeous. We only had two beach weather days but it just did not matter. It was so nice. The house can sleep 10 if anyone is looking for a great oceanfront vacation house. We have pictures. Also we had a little Memorial Day picnic at our house. Everyone brought something and helped out so it was nice and not to much work for me, But I was exhausted once everyone left. The weather was awful but it was nice being with everyone. Well we will up date again before surgery I promise.
Glen: Another update before her June 12th surgery? She’s getting a bit ambitious. Perhaps the drugs are making her delusional.
The Hospital
Dr. Horowitz
Outer Banks, Aunt Angel, Angela and Paul
Sunday, June 01, 2003
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