July 4th

July 4th

Shannon ate lunch: Turkey with Gravy, mashed potatoes and green beans. Slow day so far due to the holiday. Shannon’s attending “Dr. G” did stop by briefly and said all Infectious Disease results are negative so far. There’s no results available...
July 3rd, Biopsy

July 3rd, Biopsy

Shannon was NPO since midnight last night (latin: “nil per os”… a.k.a. nothing by mouth). They didn’t want her to eat just in case a spot opened up on the surgical schedule. Surgically removing one of the affected lymph nodes provides a better...
July 1st and 2nd

July 1st and 2nd

On July 1st we visited our PCP Dr. Hoang and decided to head straight to Baylor St. Luke’s Medical Center aftewards. We went to St. Lukes because our original suspicion was that Shannon had Lymphoma. That was the potential diagnosis made from the outpatient ER...