Tonya Update
Day 20,
Today Tonya was suppposed to go to Huntsville to get her pain pump refilled. Dr. Reddy called and spoke to Tonya's pain doc. Dr Willis. Willis said Tonya had enough medication in her pump to last her until Thursday. So, today they repeated the T.E.E., which is where they put a camera down your throat and look at your heart valve to see if it is infected. Luckily for Tonya they did not find what they were looking for. So no heart infection.
Tomorrow, Wed., they are going to do the "indium scan" that I talked about earlier in the week. The nurse told Tonya it would take about 6 hours to complete the test tomorrow. It involves taking xrays every so often so they will be taking Tonya back and forth for xrays during the day tomorrow.
A rheumatologist is supposed to be coming by to see her as well. We were told today that after tomorrows test everything is exhausted. We still don't have any answers and Tonya is still running a fever. She can go home Thursday so when she is discharged from the hospital, we are headed straight to Huntsville to get the pump filled. We have to be there before lunch time. Then it's home sweet home for a day or two at least.
Hopefully everything will stay on track and Thursday will be the day of homecoming but I don't know how long that will last. So, halleluja, I think.
Brian
Today Tonya was suppposed to go to Huntsville to get her pain pump refilled. Dr. Reddy called and spoke to Tonya's pain doc. Dr Willis. Willis said Tonya had enough medication in her pump to last her until Thursday. So, today they repeated the T.E.E., which is where they put a camera down your throat and look at your heart valve to see if it is infected. Luckily for Tonya they did not find what they were looking for. So no heart infection.
Tomorrow, Wed., they are going to do the "indium scan" that I talked about earlier in the week. The nurse told Tonya it would take about 6 hours to complete the test tomorrow. It involves taking xrays every so often so they will be taking Tonya back and forth for xrays during the day tomorrow.
A rheumatologist is supposed to be coming by to see her as well. We were told today that after tomorrows test everything is exhausted. We still don't have any answers and Tonya is still running a fever. She can go home Thursday so when she is discharged from the hospital, we are headed straight to Huntsville to get the pump filled. We have to be there before lunch time. Then it's home sweet home for a day or two at least.
Hopefully everything will stay on track and Thursday will be the day of homecoming but I don't know how long that will last. So, halleluja, I think.
Brian
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