Thursday, November 3, 2011

Finally.....an update!

Been a long while since our last update but here is the latest.  Rachel had another clinic visit today and heart-function-wise, Dr. Fricker was extremely happy with her progress.  She had had some fluid in her lungs as recently as her last visit, around October 24th, and she had been retaining some fluid within the past couple of days.  However, he said that her lungs sounded better than they did the last time he listened to her and they didn't sound as wet.  He had gone up on her diauretics a little over the last two days which had also helped.
He still wants her to see the pulmonary doctor for some additional tests on her lungs to make sure he isn't overlooking anything.  He did say that because she was on the ventilator for so long, it may take a lot longer for her lungs to heal up than it would for someone who was on the ventilator only a short time.  He also wants a follow-up visit with the ENT doctor so that they can re-do the bronchoscope to re-access her vocal cords.
He did say that she is scheduled for another biopsy on November 16th.  Also, depending on the "numbers" from her blood-work, she may have to be hospitalized overnight in order to receive one of her meds that has to be administered through an IV drip.  He did say that we should be able to leave Gainesville and come back home the next day.  Soooooooooo, looks like we might get to leave Gainesville and have everybody back home altogether again by Thanksgiving.

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