Friday Evening

Hi everyone. This has been a busy day, so we haven't had time to do any postings. They took Jennifer down for an ultrasound of her left arm. It's still very swollen, more than the right one, so they wanted to check for any additional blood clots. That was this morning, the pulmonologist team came in and said there were old clots there,(they are assuming it is from the many picc lines she has had, but no new ones, so that was a good thing. I had asked if there was an old one, could it break away and cause issues for her. They've reassured us that it won't. they were talking about doing heparin shots for 6 months just to keep things from being a problem, but after consulting the surgeon and going to pathology to discuss with the Dr. the old lungs, they are only doing the shots until she gets up and really starts moving. They found blood in the old lungs, but thought it was because she would cough up blood on occasion and it was probably left from the last time she was sick. They are doing an ultrasound on her leg in the morning, just to double check and make sure things are good.
She's doing very well today, getting up and going to the bathroom on her own, sitting in the recliner to eat her food. She said she's very thirsty but we're assuming it's because of being on lasix an draining all the fluid off her body. She's not eating a lot, but think it's more an issue of swallowing and it hurting in her chest, than it is the food itself. She is also very tired today, but every time she gets into bed to sleep, someone comes in. Just like a hospital, isn't it? lol
We're looking forward to our visitors this weekend. Ray is bringing my car back, Lois and Don are coming and then bringing Ray back home and Teresa, Ron and Trent are coming, provided there isn't a lot of snow.
Teresa and Joe sent me a cooler stocked with beer, water and diet mountain dew, and then a storage box of snacks, everything imaginable. I'll be as big as the house when I get home, but at least happy! lol
Hope everyone has a good weekend and we will post again as soon as we have new info.
Love to all!
Becky