The News Is Good!

Judy and I went with Teresa to the pulmonary specialist this afternoon. Judy had been around getting as much information from the other doctors for us to have the appointment today. The doctor was running a bit late, and when he came in I could see why. He has a wonderful "bedside" manner and really took a lot of time with us and asked a lot of questions and answered a lot for us.

She had a CAT scan in March that didn't show anything. We didn't have the full scan from the one done in June, but he felt that it is most likely scar tissue which he saw a lot of in her lungs. He suggested that we wait two months and do another CAT scan then which will be three months from the last one. He said that if there is anything fast growing that she probably wouldn't feel as good as she does and she would have a lot of symptoms that she doesn't have. He was very kind and told her that if she was very worried and would lose sleep over this, that he would do things more aggressively, but based on all of the information that he has, he feels it is best to wait.

There is still a chance it could be something, but if it was something that grew so quickly between March and June, there is probably very little that can be done at her age. However, she is not exhibiting any other signs of anything.

Of course, Teresa was darling with him. You could tell that he really enjoyed her and he was very patient. She told him about her faith in God and I told him about her enjoying a vodka tonic. He asked her what she was doing when he got off work tonight because he thought he might like to join her for a drink!!!

We all came away from the appointment feeling much better about everything. She, of course, is leaving everything in God's hands.

So thanks for all of the comments on the blog. She loved reading them today and got a bit teary as she was reading them. Thanks for the emails and the phone calls. Please continue to keep her in your thoughts and prayers. She is such a wonderful human being and I know we have all learned so much from her about living life to the fullest!!

The picture I posted here is with Teresa, my mom, Uncle Tom, Uncle Bill, and Uncle Matt at our family reunion in Douglas in 1992.