We met with Dr. Forsythe yesterday and he thinks the treatments are going very well. He listened to Harold's lungs and intestines and said they both sounded very good when listening with his stethoscope. He thinks Papa will respond well to the treatment.
We met with Dr. Donaldson on Wednesday evening and fine tuned the supplement regimen. During our conversation with her, she gave us some information inadvertently that will be helpful for anyone you may know that either has leg cramps at night or restless leg syndrome. She said to start taking a 400 unit Vitamin E in the evening for a week and after a week to take one in the morning and one in the evening. If this is done consistently, it will alleviate leg cramps and restless leg syndrome symptoms. Dr. Donaldson said it really makes her angry to see the commercials touting medication for these symptoms when Vitamin E will take care of them. This is pretty big news since we know several people that this should benefit.
We are meeting with Dr. Husser this morning and hopefully will have some of the blood test results that have been done locally (hair strand tests, etc.). The results from the German lab will probably not be back until just before we leave Reno or possibly not until we get back home.
Today papa finishes his second week of IV Salicinim treatments and is feeling good. Yesterday afternoon we drove up to Virginia City, Gold City, Silver City and Carson City. Virginia City is mostly a tourist city with little shops all along the main street. It is beautiful from the top of the mountains getting there.
We plan to take a trip this weekend to Napa and Sonoma Valley. The weather is supposed to be good this weekend so we can go over Donner pass to get to California. It is about a 3 to 4 hour drive to the valley...looking forward to the trip.
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Glad all is going well. Our good thoughts are with you guys. I would have said prayers but would have sounded funny coming from me. We expect some pictures from these excursions!
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GOD loves you very much too! You should try it, you might really, really like it.
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Dearest Harold and Sonja: What a journey you have been on. We are so thankful the Good Lord led you to such a caring group of Doctors who have gone beyond just what they learned in Medical School. We are praying for you both and so grateful that Julie included us so we can follow your journey. You are an inspiration to us in your "fight" for life. We love you, Bill and Janie
ReplyDeleteThat news sounds wonderful. Hope you are out playing this weekend. Be glad you weren't here this past week, the weather sucked. Be assured the prayers are still coming. Love you both
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