August 17, 2009

We thought today would never get here!  My friend, Janet, is an RN and has been advising and helping us get ready for today.  I don't know what we would have done without her.  She initiated getting all the past medical records from Lima, and reminded me to get the ones from Mom's nephrectomy in Marion.  She handled the paperwork and did the leg work for us.  She is an angel. And, she is with us at the Cleveland Clinic today.

We stayed at the Cleveland Clinic Guesthouse last night as our appointment is at 7:00 this morning with Dr. Goldfarb, nephrologist.  We are armed with all Mom's records.  We can tell that Dr. Goldfarb has gone over the records we brought with us pretty thoroughly before he came in the room.  He says that Mom is not a candidate for surgery for several reasons....her age, weakness, loss of weight, and the tumor is pushing into the superior vena cava.  Any surgery would undoubtedly be fatal.  He refers us to Dr. Rini, an oncologist at Cleveland Clinic, and we are able to get an appointment with him on Friday, August 21.