The not-a-hurricane is still on its way. Maybe later today. Tonight for sure. Meanwhile, the front arrived. Freddy was first to welcome it around here.
Around 4 a.m. she jumped up on the couch with me and snuggled as close as she could get. And not long thereafter, the thunder started, followed by the very loud rain. She eventually transferred herself into the recliner with Chris. No small feat, what with the massive sling around Chris’ neck.
She finally joined me in the office around six. Just in time for her morning meds … and a treat. I was able to get the trash bin out to the street and the mail to be picked up out on the mailbox in between rain bands.
In the midst of all the rain, we had to get out in it. Chris managed to score an ER follow-up appointment with her PCP team at 9 a.m. And boy, did she have a few biggies to bring up. Of course there was the actual reason for the visit - the near-pass out event that required a fire department assist. The ER doc changed some meds, so the PCP had to review that decision.
But the rest of her list? Well … there was still the matter of her injured knee - the other half of those Spain falls injuries. And the errant hip, the apparent “injury zero” that started this whole thing.
But a new wrinkle has appeared. It showed up in the chest x-ray they did as part of the routine battery of tests in the ER. Seems the radiologist noticed a suspicious area on one of her lungs. Only 8 millimeters, but still … there.
Here are the doc’s conclusions:
- Continue the med changes made in the ER
- Ultrasound of the Carotid arteries in the neck
- We call orthopedics to request MRI of her knee
- CT the right lung to check out the suspicious node
- Return visit in two weeks
Phew! Wild ride.
Micah 6:8 days, Mankind, He has told you what is good and what it is the Lord requires of you: to act justly, to love faithfulness, and to walk humbly with your God.
Father, thanks for that doctor. She really seems to care. Amen.
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