Biopsy......Cancer

Glada's biopsy results came back today. It showed Cancer. It was all contained in her upper right lobe. The surrounding tissues in the lobe were cancer free as was her lymph nodes. Her next step will be to see the Cancer Doctor. That Doctor will be deciding what the next step will be. She is back in Hays with Audrey till Wednesday evening. At that time Jessica and I will be picking her up and taking her to our house. Then on Thursday she has an appt. with her primary Doctor in Ness City. We will be taking her to that appt and then she will stay with us till Audrey gets off work on Friday. They will then go back to the farm for the weekend with Bucky.

We got Jessica moved this weekend. All went well!!!! :-) After all the moving, they took me out to Boss Hog's BBQ for supper.....my birthday supper. (I'm 29 this year.....haha) Yesterday morning Roger, Michele and Jorge left for home. Jessica and I have started unpacking and have been cleaning her other townhome so we can check her out of it on Wednesday afternoon. Today we decided to take a little trip to Kansas City. What fun !!!! Good thing Donnell let us use her Garmin GPS system.

Resting well......

This is going to be the last update till probably next Thursday. Roger, Michele and I are leaving after work tomorrow for Topeka to help Jessica move. Roger and Michele will be home on Sunday. Jessica and I have both taken next week off for vacation. We will be unpacking and also getting her other townhouse cleaned up and getting her "checked out". Our previous plans of taking Glada to the Doctor on Wednesday have now been changed as we won't be able to get back to this side of the state till late Wednesday night.

We talked to Glada tonight and she sounded MUCH better. She didn't sound so out of breath like she was last night. It sounds like she got a lot of sleep today, which she needs to heal. She said she also got some small walks in. Audrey and her are going to come and get Bucky tomorrow afternoon and go to the farm for the weekend. Then they will be going back to Hays so Audrey can work next week and Bucky will be coming back up here to stay with us. The biopsy results are still not in. If they do call with the results I will post an update.

On our note...... We had a pretty good storm barrel threw here last night. High winds and hail. Roger and I have planted a garden for the first time. It WAS doing well as of last night, but not looking so good tonight. Our tomato plants are pretty torn up. My cantaloupe is shredded and my watermelon is probably not going to make it. On the good note, the cucumber plants look okay. The leaves on them are torn up, but that is all. Our hope was to learn to can. Spaghetti sauce, taco sauce, salsa...mmmmmmmm good! Guess we will see......

Bucky.....

Just in case anyone wants to know......... Luke is still in charge as of tonight! :-)

Dismissed!

Glada was dismissed from the hospital this afternoon. She is staying with Audrey the rest of week at Hays. Then we will see if she is up to heading to Arnold for the weekend. Next week she will go back to Hays and stay. If Jessica and I can get done what we need to in Topeka, we will hurry back home and then take Glada to Ness City on Wednesday for a doctors appt. I think after that she will be spending the rest of the week at our house. She is feeling much better. A little out of breath, but hopefully that will come in time. She has done well without the oxygen. Just needs to think and breath. When we left Audrey's house tonight Glada was sending her to Dillions for meds and some food.

We are STILL waiting for the results of the biopsy. They are to call Glada when they receive them. I still don't think they should be allowed to tell you they'll be back on a certain day if they were not sure they'd be back!

Tuesday Update......

Sorry this is so late. Roger and I had to go down to the farm to check on everything and also pick up Glada's meds.

Today they took Glada off oxygen. They have monitored her oxygen levels. Tonight she will also be off it to see how she does. She says there is a chance she might get out of the hospital tomorrow. If she don't get out tomorrow she is hoping for Thursday. Right now the plan is for her to stay in Hays with Audrey at least the rest of the week. And then if she is not ready to go home Ken and Janice said they would sit with her over the weekend so Audrey can come and get Bucky to the farm. Roger, Michele and I are leaving on Friday for Topeka. Jessica is moving.......... :-) Some things just can't be put off till later.

Everyone's big question......the test results. They are still not in. Sorry! We were told they would be back today. Guess not.

Monday Update.....

Glada is still in room #2207. When Roger talked to her tonight she was still waiting for the Doctor to come in for his visit today. Guess no news is good news. She told him that her throat was hurting and he said she sounded a little worse for the wear. BUT....considering what she has went thru the last few days, it is to be expected. Tomorrow is suppose to be the day...........The day she gets the results of her biopsy.

As I said before.....we are in charge of Bucky. Roger brought him here yesterday afternoon. We made him a pen next to Jorge's. But tonight when Roger got home I really fell for the puppy dog eyes wanting out. Now we need to make it clear....Roger said he just didn't think we should just let him loose. He thought Bucky would run. Well......he did. So then we had a chase on our hands, but Roger out tricked him and we had him on the leash before he knew what happened. We thought everyone would like to see how we decided to take charge of the situation........


We decided to let LUKE be in charge!!!!

We do want to say thank you to everyone for keeping Glada in your prayers. We hope to have good news to post tomorrow!! A lot of people have been keeping up with her thru this blog. It did take us a little while to figure out who is in Italy checking in.......Hey Denny!!!! Please be safe in your travels!

Until tomorrow...........

Update......

Glada was moved out of ICU early afternoon. If you'd like to call the hospital, the number is 785.623.2270 . They also have an toll free number which is 800.248.0073 . As of right now, her room is #2207. She is not allowed to get up out of bed by herself yet. If she does not answer the phone....the nurse forgot to put the phone in her reach.

She is starting to feel better as she is "bored" and "wants to go home". So please feel free to give her a call. I'm sure if she is not up to talking for long....she will let you know. We do not know how long she will be in the hospital, but I'm sure if will be at least a few more days.

Roger brought Bucky up from the farm and he is investigating his new home away from home. Audrey is at Hays now with Glada's cats. And Jon and Maxine are taking care of the farm for a few days for us. THANKS Jon and Maxine!!!!!

Update.....

Evening update from Audrey...... Glada is doing much better. They are limiting her food and drink intake to very little as they don't want to take the chance of anything going into her lungs. If she is a "good girl" this evening, they will be moving her out of ICU tomorrow.

Starting tomorrow I will only be updating once a day in the evening.

Update.....

3pm update from Vicki......Glada is doing much better. They removed the breathing tube. The nurses had her up and walking some. (They get to you fast!) She even got a few bites of jello down. Audrey was to be going in for the 4pm visit. If everything goes well tonight she will moved out of ICU and into a different "step down" area that her doctor uses tomorrow.

Grandma Ummel........

Ok....... I'm going to try to get this all right. And if I'm off a little, please bear with me as I will try to be as correct as possible ..................................................................................................... A few weeks ago the Doctors found a spot on Roger's Mom's right lung. After all the tests and results, they scheduled surgery for yesterday morning. She was to be at the hospital at 11am. At about 3:50pm they took her in. They found the spot and it was decided that they would remove her upper right lobe. Glada got out of surgery around 5:30pm and is in ICU. The Doctor told Roger, Vicki and Audrey that the results will be back on Tuesday. At that time they will know if she will need chemotherapy or radiation. So we are being VERY positive that they DID indeed remove it all. When we left the hospital last night their concern was that she still had a lot of blood coming out of the drain tube. At 1am this morning the hospital called and told Roger that they were taking Glada back into surgery. She was still losing too much blood. They found two spots that they fixed. She was going to be kept sedated thru the night.

The report from Vickie this morning..... Glada's color was much better. She was still on the breathing machine. They are planning on taking the tube out late this morning or sometime this afternoon. Audrey was to be there this afternoon. As of this typing I have no new information. When Roger gets off work today we will be putting up an additional fence so that we can keep Grandpa's dog Bucky here at our house. This will allow Audrey to take Grandma's cats to her house and then she can be there right at Hays with Glada. And she can also get to her job too. We are probably looking at least a week before Glada will be going home, but as you know.....only time can tell.

I do plan on keeping all family and friends updated by this site as we receive information. If anyone has any questions, please feel free to call Roger, Vickie or Audrey.
Roger...home...785.743.2943
Roger...cell.. 785.731.6043
Vicki....home... 316.832.2877
Vicki....cell... 316.239.8191
Audrey...home...785.625.4142

Please do keep Glada in your prayers!!!!

Hit N Run.....

On the afternoon of Sunday, July 5th.... Jessica was in her townhome packing. Her car was hit by a 16 yr old boy and then he drove off and left the scene of the accident. We got lucky because the neighbor seen the accident happen and knew the boy. So lets say....THEY are paying for this! YAH!!!!

Funny Girl!!

The Thursday before the 4th I left after work and went to visit Char. She was so excited to have me to herself...no Jessica... no Michele. First we drove to Great Bend. ....Scrapbook Store, Wal-Mart and Pizza Hut. Then we went back home for girl talk. Late night, but LOTS of FUN!!!

July 4th......

My computer is going to be "down" for a few days. I've wanted Photoshop for some time now but we have not been able to get the software installed. So this weekend Michele has a friend coming home for the 4th of July holiday that is very good with computers. He is going to take a look and see what he can do. Michele will be bringing my computer back next Tuesday when she comes to WaKeeney for Physical Therapy. Until then........................... Happy 4th of July! ENJOY!!!!!