That's why they call it a "Stress Test"

Today, Mom met with the very quick Dr. Blick. He's the cardiologist Dr. Davis sent her to see to evaluate the pericardial effusion. And quick he was. A doctor that was on time and everything. He was very thorough and to the point.

He feels that the pericardial effusion was more than likely due to the mass and pneumonia, and "not clinically significant". However, he discussed with us that due to her cardiac disease risk factors (smoking, age, and gender) he would like for her to have an echocardiogram (sonogram of her heart) and a Adenosine Stress Test ("Stress Test"). He told us she would need these tests done anyways for any preoperative workup to clear her for any surgeries in the future so it "wouldn't hurt to go ahead and get them out of the way."

Here's the kicker...
The instructions for the stress test include...wait for it...."24-hours prior to the test, the patient is not to smoke or have any nicotine; the patient is not to have and caffeine, including coffee and chocolate." Mom is pretty sure that's why the call it a "stress test", take away her coffee, chocolate, and nicotine for 24-hours she's "going to be pretty darn stressed!" (in not such nice words) She is having those done on, yes, Friday, March 13th.

Tomorrow she goes for the PET Scan. Remember, this is The Cancer Test. We'll be waiting on eggshells for Wednesday's appointment with the lung doctor for the results.

Also tomorrow, Jason, Jodie, & Justin are moving into their new beautiful house. It is just down the street from Mom & Dad and across the street from the community pool. Bring on summer! They are also just a few blocks from us...if there was a road through. Hopefully that will be a reality soon. Jeremy would love to just be able to ride his bike to Aunt Jodie' s and Nanny & Papa's.

Thank you all again for keeping her in your thoughts and prayers. We are truly blessed to be surrounded by such wonderful people.