Momdate June 16th

A mixed bag of news to report on the mom front.

The good news: her latest PET scan shows that the bone cancer remains within the skeletal system, the rest of her organs appear at least at this point to be cancer free.

The bad news: the PET scan showed a heart that has enlarged since the previous scan. She has also been suffering from swelling in the lower extremities and when she went to the cardiologist for a follow up her blood pressure was 190/130.

At this point it appears that she maybe in the early stages of heart failure. Her cardiologist will be running more tests in order to give her a clearer prognosis. At this point he already changed her meds, prescribed lots of stress and recommended that she reduce the amount of time she spends behind the wheel.

This of course will never happen. She lives in Arizona but her doctors are in Palm Springs, California. Each visit to the doctors requires a three and a half hour drive to my sister's. Followed naturally by the same drive back to her home.

As mom is not ready to give up her independance I can only pray that nothing happens while she is on the road.