I have not written anything specifically about what has been going on with her, but now we need all of our Prayers Warriors to help us get through what is happening in her life....and therefore all of our family.
The beginning started last May when her family was in Disneyland for Jalen's 5th birthday, they were there for three nights and four days. Now you know there is plenty of walking at Disneyland...one could easily do 10 miles + a day and that can be exhausting. The last morning when Dina got up she had terrible shooting pain down her leg and then followed by numbness. When she got home she saw the doctor...he was not able to manipulate her because her muscles were so tight. I do believe he gave her some muscle relaxants but it really did not help and with three children and 8 stores to take care of, she couldn't be a 'zombie' all day...so she didn't take many of those pills except at night to help her sleep.
She continued to see the doctor trying to figure out what was going on...she could barely walk and was in just so much pain...they did an Xray and that did not show anything, which when she got the news she burst into tears thinking that was not a good resolution, because it didn't help her in getting better. After more exams and sending her to a specialist it was determined she had "Piriformus Syndrome"...now I am not medically intelligent by any means, and you may want to google this yourself, but I can give you the "gist" of what it is. Basically the piriformus muscle is a big deep muscle, so even physical therapy was not helping. The Sciatica nerve, which is the longest nerve in the body runs through this muscle. If the muscle goes in spasm it compresses on the sciatica nerve and causes terrible pain in the lower back, buttocks and down the leg.
Finally on August 16 she had an injection directly into her Sciatica nerve (not a pleasant experience) but she started to feel some relief in that she could bend forward now without much pain, but her hip, buttocks and legs still ached and throbbed.
Now I am going to bring you up to date...after one month from the first injection of cortisone in the sciatica nerve she went to see the doctor hoping he will recommend another injection but this time in the piriformus muscle itself. (During this time she has had PT twice a week and not getting a lot of relief) And to add to this grief, she had been spot bleeding for this month...then she broke out in some weird welt/rashes on her body. So she saw the doctor and he did a physical exam of her stomach etc. (the rash he thinks is contact dermatitis...possibly from being on a boat in Coeur d'Alene over two weeks ago!)
The doctor sent her for an ultra sound and then within a few hours he called and asked to see her and Jamie at either her house or the office, whichever would be most convenient for them. That totally sent her into panic mode. And as it turned out, Jamie was back up in Coeur d'Alene golfing at Gozzer with 7 buddies...so Scott went with her to see the doctor...the ultra sound showed an enlarged spleen and lymph nodules on her spleen so at this point he is diagnosing lymphoma. She had blood drawn and she also had a CT SCAN for both the spleen area and also the piriformus area...she sees an oncologist on Monday afternoon. We are trying to stay positive and praying for the best...and according to the doctor he is hoping for lymphoma as he says it has a 90% cure rate...
I am just writing this to ask for prayers during this very emotional and distressing time for all of us, but especially for Dina and Jamie who are living with this...BTW...Jamie did fly home Thursday night (he had a call from the doctor that told him to come home and be with his wife!)....of course he was a basket case on the golf course anyway and was not having fun!
so THANK YOU family and friends for your prayers and I will keep you posted with news after we hear more on Monday after seeing the oncologist...
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