We returned to Mercy this morning to have Dr. Sardi and Kim, his PA, remove the sutures from the operation. They both said that Diana is doing very well for only being out of surgery for 2 1/2 weeks. Althought the official lab report didn't come back from the lab yet, Dr. Sardi said that he knows enough from his calls with them that Diana had a very low grade of PMP. The good news is that no further chemo treatments appears to be necessary at this time. Follow up CT scans and tumor marker tests will be a normal part of recovery and will be administered on a frequent basis going forward.
Diana expressed her concerns about the shallow breathing and Dr. Sardi assured us that there is still quite a bit of fluid to drain off yet. The excess fluid is inhibiting her ability to breathe deep breaths. This affects her mostly at night, and she has to sleep in a semi-sitting up position.
Diana will slowly increase her exercise regimen. Next week we are going to start walking at the Chambersburg Mall. With the economy the way it is, we should pretty much have the whole mall to ourselves.
So, it's the kind of conversation we were hoping to have with Dr. Sardi, and we did. We are very happy and remain optimistic that Diana will recover fully.
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