Status Report on Janet: A setback

Dear friends,
It is Sunday afternoon. I'm sorry that we could not post an entry on Saturday evening.
We did have a nice small open house on Saturday afternoon and Janet really appreciated seeing her friends who dropped by.
Unfortunately, she develped shortness of breath late in the afternoon. Earlier overnight, she had had a similar spell. This time it was worse, so we called the Kaiser advice hot line and were instructed to go to the Kennsington urgent care center which we did. After we were there for a while, it was decided to send her to the Holy Cross emergency room for a more thorough evaluation. She was transfered by ambulance and stabilized. The chest x-ray revealed a little more fluid on the right lung than from when she was released from the hospital on June 24th, but nothing dramatic. A CT revealed that there were no blood clots or embolisms. That was good news and it appears that the clot in her left lung that was detected several weeks ago may have disappeared. Doppler ultrasonic examination of her legs also revealed no clots. So Janet was eventually released but will be examined again on Monday. Her oxygen level in her blood is still low, so oxygen will be made available at home in case she needs it. We were told that this setback will not necessarily impede her chemotherapy treatments due to start in 9 days.
It was very nice to meet Dr. Pamela Zarick again at the Kaiser urgent care center in Kennsington. She was the physician who first detected that something was seriously wrong with Janet five weeks ago. Janet and I both appreciated Dr. Zarick's competence and compassion. She told us yesterday that she has been monitoring Janet's condition in the Kaiser information system every day since the calamity struck.
Thanks also to Naomi and her husband Ofer for bringing some special bed cushions to help Janet partially sit up in bed to alleviate her coughing at night.

So the roller coaster ride continues . ......
And as before, your prayers and kind throughts are very welcome.
george