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Sunday, June 21, 2009

Not A Good Father's Day!!!!!!!

We just got home from the hospital(10:30 pm) We just thought we were going in JUST for a coumadin level. The nurse took his oxygen level and it was low so they made him walk around the unit 2 times and it went down, not a good thing!!! So they drew more blood and sent him for a chest x-ray. It looked fine so Dr. Salzman decided a CT scan needed to be done today. So we were there 3 hours on Saturday and today we spent 8 hours there. He had 2 CT scans today, one on his chest for the lungs then we were called back for a lower scan on his abdomen. He has air trapped right below his diaphragm(don't know why)but suspected a "perforated bowel" but it wasn't, thank the Lord! That would have meant surgery. His feet are still really swollen and they did blood tests that proved he has fluid in his lungs. He is now on lasix and potassium to get the fluid off. They suspect fluid around the heart so he is going back tomorrow to have an ecocardiogram done. He is losing all his electrolytes so today he drank potassium and also got an IV. He got magnesium through an IV too and pills! This is all related to the heart and the nurse asked us if he had a certain kind of chemo(Donarubison) and he had gotten it in Carraway. This chemo can do alot of damage to the heart and a body can only stand a certain amount in a person's lifetime. I am very tired but wanted to let everyone know to keep him in your prayers. We have made it this far with God's help and your prayers! Will update tomorrow after we get home. Love to all! Alyce

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