Long Weekend In The Hospital

Anne will be in Maine Medical Center all weekend. She is being treated with diaretics and monitored. The diaretics are being used to try and reduce fluid around Anne's lungs and heart.

This morning Dr. Poulan came in and told Anne that he thinks these diaretics will work. All of the Drs working on this problem agree that there is fluid near the lungs and heart, but the amount of fluid doesn't alarm them. They do not want to do anything to invasive at this time.

We learned that Anne's diaphram is out of place, higher than it should be. It may be a result of the esophajectomy. It is keeping one of Anne's lungs from filling to capacity, thus the shortness of breath and chest pain.

Other than that there isn't much news to report. Let's hope and pray that this plan is going to help Anne feel better.

Thanks for reading.