Today my parent's went to the Doctor...
1. My mom is very anemic & has to have 3 iron infusion (IV) 1x a week. I am thankful Matt has been off during the week a day to go with my mom for these treatments. It is too hard on my dad to take my mom every week.
2. My mom's cancer #'s have been going up a point or two every month since December. Normal is 37.7 (I think) & she is around 54 or 55. The doctor wants to run all the bone scans & CT Scans again to see what is going on (very hard on my mom).
3. My dad has had bloating or fluid since his last heart surgery in July. The doctor says his heart is doing well & not to worry about the fluid. However, you can tell my dad has excess fluid & weight in his body & I think he feels sluggish from it all.
4. The doctor determined that my dad has rheumatoid arthritis & this is why his joints (hands, legs & arms) have been hurting so much. My dad is taking a drug (forgot the name) to help with this symptom & it seems to be relieving a lot of the pain.
(The picture of my parents is from Nov '09)
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