Two appointments today. First, Ma. Dr. Irwin is amazed at how good she looks and how well she handled radiation. He will see her again in a month. The PET scan and blood test for tumor markers will be done at that time.
Pa ordered a chest x-ray for Ma yesterday. Her lung is pretty much clear. There is a pocket of fluid in the lung, but it's trapped in an area that's inaccessible to the catheter. Ma has an appointment with Dr. Khan in two weeks to see about removing the catheter.
Second, Pa. The blockage is 95% on the right coronary artery, 80% LAD and 80% circumflex artery. Despite that, Dr. Weiland recommends waiting. He said even though the blockage sounds bad, he doesn't think Pa automatically needs a bypass because he's pretty much asymptomatic. I asked him what waiting means -- wait till when? He said till he gets a heart attack or chest pains. I did mention Pa's family history of sudden death, but Dr. Weiland didn't seem too concerned. If Pa has surgery, it'll take him 2-3 months to recover. So the plan is to have another stress test in two months.
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