CT scan – results Monday or Tuesday

So after the drama of last week’s emergency room visit and blood/platelet transfusion, Val’s energy ticked up a little, although she’s still feeling pretty punky.  She continued having nosebleeds, but they were less severe and didn’t last as long.  And now that we’re slightly used to them (and now that she’s been transfused), our fear about them has simmered down to a sustained edginess.  But then after a few days Val developed a bit of a cough – mainly at night – and sometimes the cough produced blood.  The most likely explanation is that her abused sinuses keep bleeding (as evidenced by the nosebleeds) and the post-nasal drip sends blood down her throat at night to be coughed up in the morning.  Not fun, but not (if confirmed) scary.

To rule out any less-likely explanations, though (and we don’t know what those would be exactly), our pleasantly proactive medical team decided Val should get a CT scan, just to be sure.  (Her next CT would otherwise have been in mid-December.)  So Friday we spent a few hours at the clinic, where Val passed the time pining for coffee and choking down a milkshake-sized vial of barium, and I passed the time getting a flu shot and trying out the gizmos on display for National Physical Therapy Month.

Val has a habit of timing her medical anomalies for just before the weekend, so once again we’ll have to wait for the new work week to get the scan results.  Stay tuned and kindly think reducing thoughts.

Deborah