Mom Update 11-17-09

Just thought I would update you on Mom. She did get to come home two Friday's ago. Thank the Lord for that! She is continuing to take dialysis treatments three days a week. This is really wearing her out! She hasn't really felt great this past weekend, even running a temperature on Saturday. We thought that she might be coming down with a virus or something, but she hasn't had a fever since. So hopefully it was just a fluke! Her immune system does not need one more thing to fight!

A lot of her swelling has come down off her legs and feet. But, her face seems to be more swollen. We aren't real sure why.

She has had a little trouble breathing this weekend too. Again, not sure what the cause is.

I took her on Friday to get a CAT scan of her heart. This is an issue I failed to mention on my initial post about Mom. There is a valve that isn't working properly. But, they weren't able to do it due to to her creatinine levels being above one. Remember, when she went into the hospital it was an 11? On Friday, it was between a 2 and 3. Still not where it needs to be, but sooo much better than it was! They also said that the drink she would need to take beforehand would just put more toxins in her body for her kidneys to have to work to get rid of. So...after almost two hours, no CAT scan!

She sees her oncologist on Wednesday.

Please continue to pray for her!