Thursday, December 10, 2009

My theory (for what it's worth)

Hi everyone:

Of course, no doctor wants to believe me, but I still think all of Patty's odd and somewhat random symptoms--numbness in right hand, pain in right foot, perhaps even the atherosclerosis in one (and only one) cardiac artery that caused her heart attack--are all related to some undiagnosed autoimmune disorder.

Of course, I'm not a doctor, so I don't really have a pot to piss in as far as such diagnoses go. But I'm putting it down, here, just so I seem brilliant if it ever turns out I'm right.

By the way, Patty's tests have been rescheduled to mid-January; I'll share any results here whenever we have them.

Love,
Brian

Tuesday, December 01, 2009

Results soon?

Hi everyone:

Patty has a handful of tests coming up over the next week to evaluate how successful the HeartNet device has been in increasing her ejection fraction. Keep your fingers crossed for good news. In the long run, I'm not sure what an improvement will mean, but it will still be nice to hear about a step in the right direction.

Patty and Kathleen are going to a Swell Season concert together on Thursday evening. It will be a nice night for the two of them, since they both love the two lead performers, who are also the stars of the film Once.

More updates soon...

Love,
Brian