Update #19

Hi, all,

I've been down with a cold for the last week, so I haven't had any time with Terrie until we talked on the phone today.

Here are some of her observations from the last few weeks:

Even though she wasn't at the clinic as long as we'd hoped, she feels that being there and listening to the doctors really helped to sharpen her sense of urgency about her condition and better defined what she can do to help herself. When the doctors sent her home so quickly, she realized that her breathing really had become quite labored, and that she needed to have that issue addressed here at  home. Because her breathing had worsened gradually she didn't realize how much capacity she'd lost. The doctors put her on oxygen when they found that the saturation had slumped to 81% or so -- and they like the saturation level to be in the mid-90's.

Now that she's had her surgery she's no longer huffing and puffing when she tries to get up. However, she still has pain near her knees, and she now uses a walker. Just going into the grocery store for one or two items tires her out. She's also finding that she is losing sensitivity in her hands, and has no power to grasp and hold things as she used to.

Grandma Juanita is taking Auntie Deon home and will return later this week.

That's all for now, folks. May God bless you all!

Under His mercy,

Marty