Health News for those interested.

I took almost three days to write the last post. This one is just a copy of an Email that I wrote to friends because a number of the blogophiles here followed our adventures in Finland in 2006 rather closely, and I have grumbled, whined and complained about the lack of progress on Janet latest health adventures.

I probably included some folks(in the email) that don't care about this and I am sure that I have left off some that would, but we have finally heard from the doctor at the Medical College of Georgia. (For those to whom I haven't whined, she saw the chief of cardio-thoracic medicine early in April. After studying her CT scans and a 3D model of her aorta, he told her that he was going to try to do an endovascular repair of her new aneurysms --read, a full length aortal stent--that she should have her surgery within four to six weeks, and that he would call us in about a week to schedule the surgery. Since that time, getting any information has been like pulling teeth. We have called, emailed and written letters, not to mention prayed, but couldn't get anything clear. It has been a bit terrifying.)

The surgeon called today and told us that he had been sending her CT scans to colleagues all over the country and had been consulting about the surgery. Traditional surgery had been ruled out because of the degree of scar tissue etc., left over from her aortal surgery that took place in Finland in 2006 (brilliant surgery, they all assure us), but that the other problems seemed extremely serious. Dr. Landolfo, the surgeon at MSC said that their final conclusion was that, if an emergency arose he would do the surgery, but that he didn't feel comfortable with the chances of success. He, in company with our regular cardiologist, is referring her to a surgeon (whom he assures us does these sort of things all the time, and is about the only one in the country who does) in Houston, so it looks like we are going to make a trip to Houston as soon as it can be arranged. It may be interesting. When we went to Finland we went for a week and stayed three months (and survived, thanks to Ed and Jaana Rogers and Brother and Sister Stromberg who provided housing, and moral support for the whole time) It will be interesting to see when we go to Houston, where I will stay, and how long, but it is such a relief to have some concept of what has been going on and what will/might/may happen in the near future.

Thanks to those of you who have sent good thoughts, and who care.

Richard B. Johnson, Husband, Father, Grandfather, Actor, Director, Puppeteer, Playwright, Teacher,Writer, Thingmaker, Mormon, Person, Fool. I sometimes think that the last persona is the most important- and most valuable. Http://www.PuppenRich.com
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