Yesterday was looking to be a normal day. I was finishing up some work and Adrienne decided to take a shower before we took Curt's car in for some repairs, followed by a casual dinner on the strip. Suddenly, Adrienne came into my office and her entire left arm and shoulder were literally blue, hypoxic blue. I called the clinic immediately and they told us to go to the closest ER. It took a little while for Adrienne to get dressed and the "blue" had subsided by the time we got to the ER, in about half an hour. After a full battery of tests, including an ultrasound of her arm and the veins in her neck plus a chest CT, they didn't come up with anything except for some pneumonia in the right lung, which we know is tumor and not pneumonia. After talking with all of her docs this morning, the consensus is to keep an eye on her and go to the ER if it happens again. Dr. O thinks it might have been a transient blood clot, which makes sense. Normally, they would prescribe blood thinners as a precaution but she can't have them since the chemo will lower her platelets. Adrienne's arm is still hurting today and she's quite tired, but otherwise seems okay.
2008 wasn't our best year. Here's to a new year and more good fortune in our home and yours.
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i'm sorry. i hope that whatever it was will resolve itself. and i definitely am wishing for a better year to come for adrienne. as always, lots of love to you both.
Sure don't need scares like that -- hoping it was a 'one and done' thing.
Like you, we want nothing more than a healthy 2009 in our home and yours.
All the best,
Kathy
Best of luck to you both, and best wishes for a great 2009 that includes a complete cure and a return to normalcy. Take care of yourselves.
Hello dear friends...a scare indeed!! Hope it never happens again!! Enough already!!
Wishing and hoping that 2009 will be the year that Adrienne will always remember as the year that she was rid of the beast within...besides the year she graduated from college : }
Sending loving ((HUGS)) filled with support, hope, encouragement and the belief that one day HL will be a distant memory in your minds.
Susan and Rich
Good to hear that that horrible scare happened in 2008 - now that it's 2009 there's to be no more of that - a clean slate and all things good!
Happy New Year Alison and Adrienne - wishing nothing but the best for you both........love and hugs from across the Pond.........Vx
Oh boy. Glad that it went away.
How's Adrienne otherwise?
Dr.O told me that I'd be his 3rd patient on bendamustine, and it's so weird that I know who the other two are.
I hope this year brings you some good news and better health.
I'm always thinking of you.
Marsha
Dear Allison and Adrienne,
Wishing you the very best for 2009. You deserve it more than anyone else. Take care. Hugs from France.
Here's to a new year and no more scares . . . you've had more than your share.
Karen, Clare's mom
Alison, I am sorry that you & Adrienne had such a scare. I hope that whatever it was is never happens again. I think of you both all the time and pray that each day gets better.
P.S I finally figured out how to post on your blog!
XO, Maureen
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