More Rough News

I will not be as long today and will try to give you all daily updates which will be short and will only concentrate on Judy's condition.


Today Judy had the ultrasound on heart that I mentioned yesterday, it showed that the fluid has not built up around her heart again which is great news as she is not in a good state to undergo more draining. The downside to this is that it is tumour that has caused the heart to look enlarged, while they didn't have the prior scans to compare growth it does show sizable tumours. The other update we received is that they tried to complete a test to measure the strength of her heart but couldn't due to the heart beat being so irregular. What they do know is that the condition of her heart has deteriorated since the last test that gave a reading of 35 but they don't know if it has dropped as low as the 19 score before that. The condition of her heart is an issue as rather than beating strongly it is more in a vibrating pattern that contributes to her fluid issues as her heart is not strong enough to pump blood and fluid around her body fully.

So overall we have her in a position where her heart is not strong and if she has a cardiac arrest of any type they will not resucitate her. If their is any positive in this it is that the cardiology team is coming to visit with the aim of giving her further medication that will hopefully strengthen her heart.

I will keep you updated on the progress of her heart which is the main concern, the other area I mention yesterday is the build up of fluid around her lungs. This is taking a back seat based on the heart issues but is being tracked by her ability to breathe which unfortunately also got a bit worse during the day.

Another bit of good news is the dhiorrea seems to have stopped.

As I said I will keep you updated daily as we are in a delicate position at the moment but hopefully it will be the start of a long trek back to stable health.

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