Friday, April 25, 2008

Susan experienced some shortness of breath yesterday and tried her inhalers but they didn't seem to work. So today we went in to see her Oncologist, Dr. Sriratana. We ended up over at Bromenn for Xrays which didn't appear materially different from when she had her scans. Then she had a CT Scan to see if there were any pulmonary embolisms, i.e. clots in her pulmonary system. There weren't but Dr. Sriratana thought one of the tumors in her lungs looked like it was pressing on a blood vessel. The recommended course of action is to go in Monday for a treatment (not sure what it is) consisting of an IV for approximately an hour, to be repeated weekly. She is able to breathe easier when laying down as opposed to being upright (sitting or standing) so he is probably correct in diagnosing a pressure problem. We tried to have the treatment yet today but it was too late. Hopefully, this problem will respond to the IV. It sure isn't fun feeling like you can't get air but her blood oxygenation is around 98 which is pretty good. Will let you know if anything else transpires.

So I guess I'm wrong again.

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