Posts Tagged ‘steroids’
Echocardiogram
Posted by: Admin on: November 7, 2008
It’s Friday and there will be two appointments today; one for an echocardiogram and one for the primary physician. We arrive at the hospital and go to the basement floor. The echo lab seems enormous, but once checked in, my daughter, my husband and I find a small out of the way corner to sit in. I’m not sure why we [...]
The Start Of A Busy Week
Posted by: Admin on: October 31, 2008
Monday brought the first of three visits to receive IV steroids. I thought 60mg a day was alot, but the 1000 mg x 3 days was unbelievable. Blood was also drawn for serum immuno-fixation (cancer screen) My daughter completed the IV steroids and then continued the 60mg tablets. At night she would start taking benedryl to sleep; prednisone often [...]
A Hospital Stay?
Posted by: Admin on: October 29, 2008
The primary care doctor opens the door to the small room we are all waiting in; this is the first time she has seen my daughter since the referral to the neurologist. We review what has been happening over the last week and the doctor begins to focus on the report from the speech pathologist. The [...]
