Don: Karen had a bronchoscopy done once before while at Shands a few months ago. She did not remember the procedure while it was happening and was not uncomfortable afterward. She had another one this morning but things didn’t go as smoothly. They gave her a minimal amount of sedative and she ended up being aware of the entire procedure and it was not pleasant. Her oxygen level was a little low (83) so they did not feel it would be a good idea to sedate her any more. She doesn’t think she would want to have to have another one, ever again. Now we wait for the results of that test.

We are also waiting on the results of a bone marrow biopsy that they did yesterday. So she is hurting a little from that, too. The parts of her body that are achy or hurting at this time seem to out number the parts that feel OK.

That isn’t the end of her fun. 8-( They put a tube in her nose so that they can give her some medicine that will clean out her tummy and guts so they can scope her tomorrow. Basically, by late Thursday or Friday we should know what we are doing here and what their plan is to take care of her. I am sure that my description of the past few days is not the same as hers would be. She is pretty miserable. Thank you all for coming by and keeping Karen in your prayers.