First ‘outing’, from Karen, not Jeff.

Today at 3, I bundled myself up, (I’m freezing inside house under blankets, so, heading out in cold, even 30 degrees is hard for me.) We had a Dr. appt., first time out of house since being released last Fri. from hospital.

Fairly uneventful news. I dropped another 3 lbs water weight, so it’s coming off more slowly now that I’ve hit 19 lbs. just in 6 days. He increased my dosage on the diuretic and it must be working well, as I’m back to using bathroom every 30 min. or so!

I had another chest xray to see what’s going on in there & bad news is, fluid is collecting again. It’s up to about a liter, which he said may or may not need to be drained again. He said let’s give it a wk. to 10 days and see. My body could possibly absorb the fluid and with the aid of the diuretic, release it. That would be the best news for me as I hate those draining processess.

Everything else seemed to meet his satisfaction, altho my breathing/lungs/fluid is my earnest prayer request for all of you at this time. Thanking you in advance!