Hello everyone:

Lynn has been very sick this week. On Wednesday, she ran a fever and showed signs of a respiratory infection. Her doctor prescribed an antibiotic (along with some cough syrup and an inhaler to clear her lungs). Her fever increased to 102 on Thursday, and her breathing became labored going into Friday as the respiratory infection worsened.

I took her to the Oncologist’s office Friday morning and a chest x-ray revealed congestion in one lung, but it had not (yet) developed into pneumonia. There were no signs of any tumors in the lungs either, for which we are thankful.

The doctor prescribed an additional antibiotic Friday. Lynn slept nearly 16 hours from early Friday evening going into Saturday, and seemed to be doing better on Saturday afternoon, though she still felt exhausted.

After another long rest Saturday from evening into Sunday, she looked better Sunday morning around 9, but shortly after noon her fever was back up – it hit 102 again. Her breathing continues to be labored and rapid; after walking across a room she looks like she just did a 3-mile run at a good pace.

If she has not made marked improvement by Monday morning we are going to go back to the doctor’s office and see what other options we have.

Here is a picture I took of Lynn and Shelby a week before Lynn began chemo treatments: