Thursday, August 13, 2009

Monday and Tuesday were very ordinary, however, Wednesday was a very busy day for Jeri, Lee and myself. We left home about eleven-thirty and picked up Lee and then we were on our way to IHC; Jeri had an appointment at the Out Patient Clinic at 1:15 and we were on time. They did a blood draw and here INR was 2.4 which is just the way she likes it but it showed that she has too much potassium in her blood so they are giving her some meds to get that down. about 3:00 we went to the Cancer Institute to see Dr. Litton; they said it could take two hours. We had a few people Jeri had to see and then about five Dr. Litton came and he gave Jeri an exam and he is the one who ordered the meds for the potassium and gave her another prescription for the 'take 10 pills a day' and he gave her 80 pills and she is to take 10 every Monday for eight weeks, and he ordered a few months worth of Thalidomide; Jessica did some very good work on our behalf; she got us a grant form Hepaa and they will pay what Medicare won't pay for and that is worth many thousands of dollars for us. The Thalidomide will be by Monday is my guess. Dr. Litton is very optimistic this will take care of the problem with the Myeloma. While I was waiting for Jeri and Lee to finish with Dr. Litton I was talking to a woman who had a neighbor who was diagnosed with Myeloma 10 years ago and he is doing really well, which is very up lifting.

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