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3.30 p.m….

Thanks for checking in.  Irene had an early morning dialysis session today so we can attend the Azusa Pacific University >Dinner Rally tomorrow evening.  She’s resting at home, challenged by a severe headache.  Her blood pressure droppped to 69/36 during the treatment.

She’s determined to attend the event.  We drive down this evening so it will be a late evening and a long weekend (we return Sunday night).

Thanks for caring,
Dave

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8 p.m…

Combine lack of sleep for three consecutive nights with chronic nausea and what do you get…?  Pure, unadulterated, CHRONIC FATIQUE and MISERY.

Irene’s had a rough few days.  Her arm is aching this evening following dialysis treatment and she’s so incredibly exhausted that she has moments of dizziness when she walks about.  She moves about from the bed, to the couch, to the lazy boy downstairs…endeavoring to find a comfortable position to sleep.  Even when she lays down she literally tosses and turns from one side of the couch to another…very slowly, and painfully because of the pain in her arm and extreme tiredness…

I just asked her on a scale of 1-10 where the nausea is at this moment and she responded with an 8.

I asked her on a scale of 1-10 where the fatigue is at this moment and she responded with an 11.

We hope that she can sleep well tonight and that tomorrow morning is the start of a better day.

We promised transparency…both the days that are “okay” and the days that are painful and difficult…….so, there you are.

Thanks for caring,
Dave

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BOUNCE…!!!

As is usual form, Irene bounced back from the needle infiltration she experienced yesterday.  The nausea calmed a bit and she enjoyed a relaxing day.

Thanks for caring,
Dave

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