Monday, August 13, 2007

Another bump in the road!

Oh boy.....this has been "one of those days!". Jerry was short of breath all weekend. His feet has been swelling for a little while now and the cardiologist gave him Lasix last Tuesday when we were there. He didn't want to take it because he had such a hard time walking to the bathroom so he took one pill on Saturday but that was all. He could hardly make it to the car this morning to go for his radiation. When we got to the Cancer Center he seemed worse so I talked to the nurse and she listened to his chest and thought she heard some noise and I should take him to the ER for them to check him out. We went straight to the ER and they began running some tests (blood tests and chest xrays). Later the ER doctor came back in and said the chest xray was fine but his blood test showed Congestive Heart Failure. They started him on Lasix and the ER doc talked to his Internist and Cardiologist and they admitted him to the hospital to treat him for the CHF. They will be giving him more Lasix until they get rid of the fluid. We are so hoping this helps his breathing. They said he might be there 2 or 3 days. After that maybe he can finish the radiation treatments.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

Interesting to know.