Another exciting night at the Chavers' house. After I got home from work Carrie said that she had some pain when she took some deep breaths. When she stood up the pain increased and didn't ease when she laid back down. I called the home health nurse and we were told to go the ER. We were only at the ER for two hours. :) After talking to the doctor we found out that the fluid in her abdomen and the swelling she has had is two separate issues. We are going first thing in the morning to have the fluid in her abdomen drained off. It will be an outpatient procedure and hopefully not take too long. As for the swelling, Carrie has a low chemical protein in her blood stream that is allowing the fluid in the blood stream to move into her tissues in her legs and hips causing the swelling. I will be working tomorrow morning to get Carrie established here in Auburn with a local oncologist and hopefully get an appointment to get an IV treatment of the chemical protein. Hopefully this will allow the fluid in the tissues to move back into her blood stream and then to kidneys and flushed out I will update the blog to let everyone know how the procedure went and what we find out about the local oncologist and what we are going to do about the swelling in her legs. Please continue to pray for us.
Jason & Carrie
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