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Monday, April 14, 2008

The Ultimate Be All End All Greatest Doctor of All Time...

According to Lauren, he is about as close to walking on water as you can get. He does have the great ability to calm our concerns and patiently answers all my bizarre questions and sometimes irrational worries. He told me this morning that I abuse the word worry..hahaha! What can I say, it is something I do best. It probably drives him crazy though. As you can see from the above picture, when Dr. Muenzer enters the room, Lauren lights up and feels better. He stopped by this morning before he left for his medical conference in Paris to talk with her and let her know what tests she will be having and how things are going at this point. He also told her he would be sending her two postcards from France. She was trilled about that. She is feeling some better today. Her pancreatic enzymes are lower today so we are definitely going in the right direction. Dr. Kepke (sp?) came by this morning and said that he really wanted Lauren to eat little bits today because she needs the nutrition. He said to try and get her to eat saltines and drink some water and see how she does. They are worried that she isn't getting enough protien...she has lost 6 pounds. She is back to under 100 pounds again. We also talked again about doing the nissen wrap on her. They won't do that on this visit though..we will have to come back in a couple of weeks. Another surgery!!!! She will be having the endoscopy tomorrow and we will go from there. Dr. Muenzer said that he wanted them to also do a complete work up for Inflammed Bowel Disease as that is associated with GSD. So I am not sure what tests that would involve. Dr. Kepke also told me today that he told them to go back and look at her ultrasound to make sure there aren't any adenomas on the liver. They start looking for those now. Her ultrasound was good though. We have complete confidence in our doctors over here and Lauren surely feels a lot more secure. We are happy to be in good hands.

5 comments:

Libbi said...

I was interested to learn that saltines were a significant source of protein...must have missed that in nutrition!! (heeheehee...) I hope she feels better soon..Aunt Libbi says (with all her "thinks she knows it all" wisdom) TAKE IT SLOWLY!!!!! Love to you all, Libbi

Loving LIfe said...

I think he is close to walking on water too. He even makes me feel better when he comes in & talks in that calming way. Lauren always brightens whenever he comes in.
I am glad he got to create a plan before he left. Can I get a postcard from Paris too? haha
I love you guys & will pray for you during the test.
Aunt Jewel

Shalene said...

We love you and are thinking about you. Take Care!

Shalene said...

Ho is she doing today?

Jean said...

Shalene,

She is not feeling well...having lots of pain and feeling very nauseated. I will update with all the details. Thank you so much for your care and concern. It means the world to us. Love, Aunt Jean