Tuesday, July 5, 2011

Scans for Kecia's heart...

My last update was actually written as an email as I was hurrying to get it out and so it doesn't show on the blog. That update was about Kecia having trouble breathing because her heart was literally drowning by fluid build up in the sac around it. Her doctor prescribed a strong diaretic that flushed every drop of fluid from her body and told her the meds she was taking in order to repair her heart are what causes the fluid build up.
She is going in for more scans of friday to check her heart again. We are praying that the 33% that was "dead" at her last scan is working properly now and that the fluid around the heart is gone. If this is the case, she will be allowed to start back up on her chemo, Herceptin, which is the one that prevents new cancer growth. She has been without this drug for 5 weeks now, in order to give her heart time to heal, and Kecia is concerned that they will find new cancer growth. Please join me in praying against this!

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