July 16

July 16, 2008 was a very busy day with the doctors.

Well, we spoke with Dr. Rosenburg( neurologist) yesterday and they are going to do another round of the electrophoresis on mom tomorrow. They will have to put the catheter back in to do the procedure. Than Dr. Asfoura (nephrologist) came in to talk with us about the electrophoresis. He has to do it because of it being like dialysis. He said it is like when you take the blood out and separate it from the plasma, then you throw the old plasma away and you add new plasma with salt water and you put it back in the body. This procedure helps get rid of the " bad protein and antibodies" that are causing the destruction of the mylein sheath. Finally, we met with Dr. Harris (lung doctor) he said that mom was breathing a lot better 0n the vent. They had changed her setting and it has been the lowest vent setting since she has been there. So, that is a good improvement will update you more later.

Love, Jodi