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Gail - Thanks for the update on Murray. He is sorely missed. Jo Ann On Thu, 7 Aug 2003 15:00:02 -0400 Gail Vass <[log in to unmask]> writes: > I talked with Murray earlier. He's in good spirits. He said his > doctors came > by this morning and saw him but they did not have the biopsy report > back > yet. It should be back today. > > They did say that one of his vocal cords was paralyzed. They suspect > from all the coughing he's been doing. They also said they think > that > he might get his voice back since the raspiness varied at times. > > They told him that during the test yesterday that they were able to > see > the tumor in his lung and was able to get good samples from it to > biopsy > and send for analysis. The results will be in shortly. > > * Murray wanted all to know * that when he was admitted on Tues, he > told > the hospital staff that he needed to keep his medications at his > bedside, > medicate himself with his PD meds and why. He said that he was > prepaired > to teach them with documentation if it was necessary. [He also had > his > infamous 3 ring binder with him concerning his medical information > and the > Parkie hospitalization info he may need as reference for anesthesia, > meds > contraindicated for PD and the like.] > > He went on to describe that all the hospital staff required for him > to keep > his own medications was that he needed to let the hospital > pharmacist > see and check the bottles and to put a hospital label on them. > They > returned them in a couple of hours and that was all there was to it. > > Meeting with his doctors is the only appointment scheduled for him > today. > Based on todays discussion the decision will be made to do the > Thoracoscopy > tomorrow or not. Hopefully the fluid in his lungs will be drained > then and his > lung will be reinflated [probably under vaccum] with a inserted > chest tube. > > THORACOSCOPY A procedure in which the inside of the chest cavity > is viewed or "explored" with a thoracoscope. A thoracoscope is an > endoscopic instrument, which is usually composed of either two > channels. > In a two-channel thoracoscope, one channel is a fiber optic light > channel > that allows the surgeon to bring light into the chest cavity. The > other channel > is an optic system that allows the surgeon to look down the scope > into the chest > cavity, and to introduce instruments that can be used to obtain > pieces of abnormal > tissue (biopsies). > > http://www.cts.usc.edu/lpg-thoracoscopy-thethoracoscopyprocedure.html > > Please continue to keep this sweet man in your prayers and send him > all > the positive vibes you can spare ! > > Hugs, Gail > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: > mailto:[log in to unmask] > In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- To sign-off Parkinsn send a message to: mailto:[log in to unmask] In the body of the message put: signoff parkinsn