We had a visit from a few of Angie’s doctors.\u00a0 We caught them up on the events from last night (Dr. Perry’s cath).\u00a0 The pulmonary doctor didn’t seem convinced about the blood pressure theory.\u00a0 We had Angie sit up and measured her blood pressure and it was about the same as when she was laying flat with higher saturation levels.\u00a0 So, I wouldn’t say we’re back to square one, but we still don’t have all of the answers.<\/p>\n
Dr. Lui came by just as I was typing the above paragraph.\u00a0 He came and chatted with us for a bit and did some tests with Angie.\u00a0 He wouldn’t tell us his opinion based on the results of his tests just yet, but he seemed optimistic about the diagnosis of just low blood pressure and loss of fluids causing the problem.\u00a0 He was all for changing her diet (to unrestricted! Wahoo!) and lowering the diuretic drugs (the ones to make her lose fluid).\u00a0 He still wants to do a test for hepatopulmonary syndrome, but for right now, Angie just needs to regain some strength.\u00a0 He said that there is a balance between trying to keep her oxygen levels high and retaining fluid (which caused her lung to fill with fluid last week).\u00a0 The more she takes in and retains, the higher her oxygen levels will be (because of pressures in the venous system of her body), but if they go to the other extreme, her pressures drop and her oxygen drops too.\u00a0 They’ve swung the pendulum from one extreme to the other, and it is just a matter of finding the balance again.\u00a0 One thing he mentioned that makes a lot of sense is that two weeks ago Angie came down and saw him for an appointment and she was just fine.\u00a0 Shunts and AVMs form slowly over time.\u00a0 He thinks it strange that they would suddenly be a problem.\u00a0 That was certainly encouraging.<\/p>\n
Dr. Dong (the dietician) also just stopped by to talk to us about Angie’s diet.\u00a0 They’ve got dietary supplements ordered too to help her start gaining weight.\u00a0 Her appetite has been poor, but a big part of that is because she’s already had everything she can from the very low sodium diet and none of it was that great.\u00a0 So, we may be here a little while longer while she regains her strength, but at least we’ve ruled out some of the most scary possibilities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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