Friday, November 1, 2013

Lisa met with the pulmonary specialist this morning, and we also had short discussions with Lisa's primary oncologist and the cardio-pulmonary surgeon.  Lisa will undergo an outpatient procedure at the local hospital, conducted by the pulmonary specialist.  It will be a routine bronchoscopy to examine and hopefully flush out the occluded (blocked) area of her lung, and to get samples of whatever is behind that blockage to culture.  If there is indeed infection and the bacteria is identified, Lisa can be given the "right" antibiotic that is ideal for the circumstance, since the general antibiotics she's already received have not cleared it up.

We're to be at the hospital at 7:30am for a 9am procedure, and Lisa should be released at around 11am to go home.  The procedure itself should only take 5 to 10 minutes.