I spoke to Jennifer last night to get the latest news on Mom. She's continuing her treatments, and is proceeding with a wonderful colonoscopy on Friday that was scheduled way before any of this started. The doctors recommended she move forward with that to see what's what and deal with anything they might find. The side effects from the treatment have been more difficult to contend with. She's got sores in her mouth, and the medicine they gave her helps for a little while, but it makes it painful for her to eat, so Jennifer and Tim are working with her to try to get her to eat something each day. The next chemo is scheduled for next Wednesday, and there are some new cat scans scheduled to see where things are at.
Dad is still in the hospital, and had a catheterization yesterday. They determined that one of the grafts from his bypass surgery is partially blocked. Dad didn't have the whole story, but I doubt it's cholesterol build up because that's been closely monitored since the bypass, so it's most likely scarring that has developed over the years. They plan to do another catheterization to "roto-router" the vein so that it allows for better blood flow. This is critical because he's had three more incidents of angina pains since he thought he had a heart attack last week. There were two events overnight Sunday, and I haven't heard any more today. The next procedure will likely take place at a different hospital, but they said that it would just be a day trip, and then he would return to Botsford. If this procedure opens up the vein, then hopefully he can return home, maybe by the end of the week, but we'll have to wait and see.
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