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It’s been a long two days of waiting and worrying, but we finally know what’s causing the swelling in my mom’s neck and face and protrusion of veins. A CT scan this morning shows that Mom (Leslie Lehrman) has a blood clot in her right subclavian vein. We’ve been down this road. Flash back to…
As you can see, my mom’s neck and face are tremendously swollen. Given her history with Superior Vena Cava Syndrome and the two stents recently inserted to fix a blockage that caused these very symptoms, I will never understand why the doctor at Mayo’s ER in Phoenix did an ultrasound – not a CT scan…
This is my mom, Leslie Lehrman, in 2001. Hanging out in Hawaii with her husband, Bob, and his family. Back then, the thing my mom used to complain about was gaining weight. Oh, and that perpetual problem I recently discovered goes back to her elementary days: Her HAIR! She NEVER likes her hair. Never. While…
(This is a flashback to January 12, 2009) I headed back home to chilly Omaha today after a four day stay in sunny Phoenix where my mother lives. It was hard to leave, but I hope I was of some help and comfort to her and her husband as they received latest lung cancer test…
(Originally written on January 10, 2009.) My mom had her appointment with her oncologist yesterday to discuss next steps for treating the lung cancer that has metastasized to the lymph nodes in her neck. We weren’t sure what options, if any, existed, so fear of the unknown kicked in, of course. She wasn’t scheduled for…
