After a few weeks of pain and doctor appointments and going from one thing to another, we have finally found the reason for the pain in the back. After a quick MRI at Spectrum and another ER visit, this time to Mercy, we discovered mom had a compression fracture in the T8 vertebrate. Dr. Hamati also said there were some spots on the spine that were suspicious and he also wanted to know why she had a fracture when no trauma was noted. He stated he would do a biopsy and let us know after the surgery. He performed a kyphoplasty which is putting cement into the vertebrate which will help the fracture. After he did the procedure, he came and told us he believed she had multiple myeloma. At the time, he said the T8 was quite mushy which would be the cancer at work and there were several spots along her spine in which he believed the cancer has spread but is not causing any fractures at this time.
After a few days in the hospital and many different med trial and errors, we finally got her pain under better control and left the hospital on Saturday, August 13. She is able to stand better and walk without the horrible back pain, but the pain in her side area along the front is still there. She is currently taking Skelaxin, Percocet, Ultram and a Fentenyl patch for pain.
We had a first consult with Dr. Siphai, oncologist, on Monday, August 15 where he scheduled bone scan and bone marrow biopsy. He wants to start a chemo treatment and perhaps radiation if necessary. His first priority is to get her into remission which really sounds good to all of us. The bone scan was performed on Monday and the biopsy will be on Friday. We have a radiation consult on Thursday with Dr. Tate here in Muskegon and then we have a second opinion with an oncologist in GR out of Metro named Dr Zakem. We will see what his initial diagnosis is and go from there.
We are praying for healing and peace during all of this and trust that the Lord will guide us in our decisions and treatment options.
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