[Magdalen] What a Revltin Development

[Marion Thompson]

With this and your later message, prayers are ascending for a happy 
outcome for all this!

Marion, a pilgrim
On 10/25/2014 12:43 PM, Jim Guthrie 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.
> .
>