Sending Kami Back...

We finally reached a point where we have "exhausted" all of our medical resources here on our island and Kami is doing worse with each passing day.  Her chest pressure has intensified to include chest pains and she even seems to be getting weaker.

With broken hearts, Kami and I traveled to St. Martin last night to be able to get her to the airport at 6 a.m. today (Thursday).  She boarded a flight with Micah and headed to Miami.   Her mom and sister met them at the airport and Kami has a doctor's appointment scheduled for 7 a.m. tomorrow.  

We currently do not have any time-table as to what will happen next but we do covet your prayers. 

Thank you all.

Until next time...  

Kami Update...

Kami had her CT Scan done on St. Martin last Thursday.  So we headed up to the radiology department at the hospital to pick up the results.  We then waited in the ER outside waiting-area....for 6 hours...for the doctor to look over the results and give us the next plan of action.

We praise the Lord that the results came back negative for any tumors and cancers.  She did have two damaged vertebrae, a lesion on her liver, and a cyst.  But none of these were too much of a concern to the doctor.  (Although he did say the vertebrae needed some attention in the future.)

He is still concerned as to what caused her ESR's to be elevated on her blood work and he is determined to find the answer to her intense chest pressure and pain.   So he sent the images of her CT Scan to a fellow doctor at a University to be researched further.  Kami also had some more blood work done this morning (Tuesday) that will be sent to France.  We will get the results next week.

So as for now, we are still waiting and Kami is dealing with the discomfort as best as she can.

Until next time...

Kami's CT Scan

After Kami's X-Rays, she returned to the ER to have the doctor examine the x-rays.  After he looked at them very carefully, he determined that there is no separation of the lungs in any way from the chest wall...so this rules out the problems stemming from her lungs.

He did seem concerned that the ESR's were high on her blood work and had us schedule a CT Scan for tomorrow (April 5th) at 10:30 A.M.   We have purchased a plane ticket for Kami to travel to the hospital on St. Martin to have this scan done.  She also had to go to the pharmacy to purchase the dye that will be injected into her for the scan.  She must take this dye with her and deliver it to the hospital for her appointment...kinda weird doing it this way!

The doctor is specifically looking for three things: 1)He wants to check out her organs such as her liver to see if they are fine. 2)He wants to check her lymph nodes 3)He wants to check for any tumors.  Our prayer is that the CT Scan will not show anything serious, so please be praying with us.  We should know the results be the beginning of next week.

As for Kami, she tries to cover the fact that the pressure in her chest and neck are more intense and she is having some difficulty in taking deep breaths.  

We covet your prayers for her and for the doctors who need wisdom and direction to find out exactly what the problem is...

Kami update....

Since my last post about Kami's health problems, we have at least ruled out any immediate life-threatening diagnosis.  Which we praise the Lord for!

Kami has seen a general doctor here on the island who examined Kami, ordered blood work, and then sent Kami to an Osteopath doctor on Friday.  The Osteopath checked Kami out extensively and ruled out any muscular problems.  So basically, we at least know that her problem isn't muscular.

After praying and asking the Lord to provide someone to help us, I received an email from a very special lady in Florida.  She is an ER doctor and what a blessing she has been.  Mrs. Debbie has been helping us to develop a plan and has been giving us a direction to work towards in finding the cause of Kami's chest pressure/shortness of breath. 

We have completed two new blood tests that ruled out blood clots and heart attack...so we praise the Lord for that as well.  Then we took Kami to the ER on Sunday evening.  She was getting worse, was having difficulty breathing, and just looked pale.  The ER doctor did an ECG and an ultrasound of Kami's lungs, chest, and arteries and all came back fine.  He told us that the problem is not life-threatening at this moment and that took a load off of our minds and hearts.

This morning, we are taking Kami to the Hospital for X-Rays to rule out a separated lung and to look for any other possible problems.  We will also look to schedule an appointment with the cardiologist that comes to St. Barths twice per month.  

We will keep you informed as to what the results are...Thank you for praying!

Until next time...