Monday, August 04, 2008

On Watch Duty

Adrienne's wheezing and coughing have gotten worse the last few days. Today she saw the doctor and had a chest xray. Turns out she either has pneumonia or a partially collapsed lung behind the tumor. They can't tell exactly what is tumor and what is "infiltrate." She is slightly neutropenic and her counts are likely to go down the next few days, which puts her at more risk. She started a broad spectrum antibiotic (Levaquin) today and we're supposed to call at the slightest hint of fever or chills. She also lost a few pounds over the last week so I'm trying to make the foods she likes most.

Otherwise, things are quiet here. Curt went to see Daniel on Friday and his 9:45 pm flight home wound up taking off at 2:15 am (mechanical trouble) and he arrived home around 4 am so we had a lazy weekend.

6 comments:

Anonymous said...

I'm sorry to hear about this lung issue--hope the antibiotic takes care of it and you can continue to relax at home.

Take care,

Karen, Clare's mom

j said...

stay strong girls
love ya
j

laulausmamma said...

Rich and I are thinking of you often Adrienne. Hope the antibiotics will kick in quickly and fight off what we hope is an infection. Allison...I'll give you a call this week. ((HUGS)) to you both. Looking forward to our Oct. visit to Las Vegas.

Duane said...

Oh, boy.... I hope the doctors come up w/ a solution soon!

Sending lots of love. :)

B. said...

Sending both of you love, hope the wheezing and coughing subside soon, Adrienne.

Thinking of both of you, always.

B

Anonymous said...

Adrienne,

I hope you feel better, and I'm praying that the antibiotics work very soon. Sending hugs to you and Alison.

Janet