Feb 25, 2009

Mom went to see Dr. Iatredes today because she wasn't getting over her cold and she was short of breath. He measured her lung capacity and took an X-ray. Her capacity was fine, and her Oxygen saturation was fine. Looking at the X-ray the right lung was fine. There was a little bit of scaring from the pneumonia in the lower right side but nothing to be concerned with. On the left side there was a little bit of blurryness on the lower left side where is should have had a clear line of demarkation but the area was small. He determined that this was bronchitis and has put Mom on an antibiotic (Amox) for the next 7 days. We return on March 4th for a follow up. In the meantime, I will check her coumadin levels tomorrow before Dr. Cohen leaves his office as antibiotics impact the thinness of the blood.