As you may or may not know, John has been having trouble the last five weeks with coughing and cold type symptoms. He improved but had a recurrence and saw the Dr. last week who felt he had bronchitis or walking pneumonia. He did the z-pak routine and improved but got a little worse after that finished so called the Dr. again for check.
They did xrays and saw some shadowing in the left lung that could be pneumonia or infection. Anyway, he is on another strong antibiotic and taking it a bit easy but doing ok.
The big reveal with the xrays was that the rib above the two missing ribs is broken. Not just broken but snapped completely in two and separated a full rib-width. We were pretty shocked and that would explain his ongoing pain. We don't know if this was done by the surgeons on purpose and they figured it would heal but something went wrong, or if they were not aware of it, or if it is something that happened after. The after part seems unlikely since he has felt something wasn't right in there since he began to mend from the thoracotomy. We're surprised the CT or MRI didn't reveal it but we were just all focusing on lung tissue and we don't know if those tests would show that type of thing.
We see the oncologist on Monday for the regular check and he will give us guidance as to what we need to do about the rib. Not looking forward to any surgical procedures.
What we really need prayer for is that he will remain in remission. That is the news we want to her from the Dr.
Saturday, April 4, 2009
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2 comments:
Wow, how crazy is that, finding the broken rib? We are praying for you, it sure seems like your family has been through a lot. Just remember, lots of people love you (including Jesus!). Continue to keep your eyes on heaven!
Sandra
John,
At least we know that God gave you a good wife from one of the other good ribs!
Praying for good news on Monday.
Peace and Hope,
Your Crazy Columbus Crew
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