[Magdalen] What a Revltin Development

[Susan Hagen]

Very revoltin!

It's amazing how much can be wrong without any symptoms.  Many prayers
of thanks that you did not have a crisis, that you will get good
control of the clots, that you will be restored to full health.

Susan

On Sat, Oct 25, 2014 at 12:43 PM, Jim Guthrie <jguthrie at pipeline.com> wrote:
> As Chester A Riley would say.
>
> I went to the local hospital yesterday for a CT Scan for my doctor at
> MSKinNY,
> with the idea they'd mail the Cd and that would be that.
>
> But the Radiologist here looked at it and noted multiple Pulmonary
> Embolisms in
> my lungs. He called my doctor in NY and my doctor in NY called me and told
> me to
> report back to the emergency room.
>
> And so I was admitted last night to Scranton Regional Hospital, and am
> sitting
> here with a Heparin IV drip and discussion of Luvenox? vs Coumadin or
> Warfarin.
> I f the Luvenox is okay with my Dr in NY, I can go home tomorrow; otherwise
> I
> could be five days.
>
> I suppose we'll do to Luvenox if it's okay with MSK. Albert is already adept
> at
> removing the chemo bottle from the Mediport on Sunday mornings after Friday
> treatments, so one more addition to his medical repertoire shouldn't be a
> big
> deal.
>
> They've been very thorough here, I believe -- with a cardiologist checking
> my
> heart (looks good) and a Lung specialist filling me in on details of
> different
> therapies. Of course, it's a hospital so  the coffee is terrible (Albert
> just
> went to get me decent coffee after bringing me the laptop); because of the
> ct
> Scan I hadn't eaten anything yesterday and ended up with a turkey sandwich
> in
> the ER.
>
> My Dr in NY was very concerned that I had walked to and from the hospital,
> but
> then we walk everywhere, and I try to walk a mile or two a day. Last week we
> did
> nearly five miles to and through Nay Aug Park here in Scranton. What was
> considered good is now considered not so good, but perhaps that I had no
> symptoms relating to the lung problems might be because I am is reasonable
> shape
> with the walking.
>
> In any case, please remember me in your prayers.



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