[Kistle]

My wife's mom (my MIL) is 75 and has been in excellent condition, i.e. worked up until about 2 years ago, drives all over, travels via air to visit, etc... This past Sunday, she started having severe stomach pains at home, to the point where she considered calling 911. She took some sort of pain medication that she had at home, and made it to Monday. On Monday, one of her sons took her to the emergency room, where they apparently ran a battery of tests, and potentially a CT scan (information is scant as I got it 3rd hand). The ER doc indicated that he was fairly certain that she had Ovarian Cancer, as they observed a large mass on her ovary, and potentially more that had migrated to her stomach. She was sent home with some pain medication and scheduled to meet with a surgeon next Monday.

Yesterday, at home, her feet began to swell, and she could not eat or go to the bathroom. They took her back to the ER today, where she is currently as I am writing this. My wife is there with her, and just a few minutes ago indicated that she is now throwing up blood. I am getting text messages, so I don't have much to go on. My wife said the ER staff is either not around, or not communicating much.

Since I am home with the kids, I thought I would post here to see if any docs had any opinions or guidance or observations. I don't think she has even "officially" been diagnosed with the Ovarian Cancer yet, but the ER doc from Sunday said he was fairly certain. What is the general prognosis? Any thoughts on her current condition with the swelling feet and throwing up blood? Obviously, this does not sound good, but I am trying to figure out what may have occurred since Saturday when she was out and about driving around, to the point that she is at now.

To make matters worse, my wife's dad (my FIL) is also in the hospital with advanced COPD. He was in bad shape, and the whole family has been focused on him. Now this with mom, really, completely out of the blue.

Any thoughts and all prayers would be appreciated.

Thanks,

JA