by James & Shannon | Jul 7, 2024 | Uncategorized
Shannon had a rough night. Her pain is increasing as the lymph nodes increase in size. To me it feels like there’s also a lot of swelling and inflammation around the lymph nodes in her neck. Her attending prescribed a powerful IV pain medication that she can...
by James & Shannon | Jul 6, 2024 | Uncategorized
Shannon’s pain worsend last night. The pain is not just in her right collar bone area, but is also radiating to her neck. Injectable anti-inflammatory meds are working best so far. Shannon has been holding off on eating anything until we find out if surgery can...
by James & Shannon | Jul 5, 2024 | Uncategorized
The Hematology/Oncology resident stopped by early this morning to check on Shannon. No biopsy results, no news yet.Shannon had Chic-fil-A for breakfast. Around noon, the attending Dr G stopped by. She looked over available results but no pathology results back...
by James & Shannon | Jul 4, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by James & Shannon | Jul 3, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
by James & Shannon | Jul 2, 2024 | Uncategorized
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...
