Clinic

I had clinic this past week, which will be last one until mid-January because my due date coincides with the three month schedule. I will see Dr. Levine at his office the first week or two of Nov. though so we can talk about a couple of drug trials starting in Jan. and make some decisions regarding which one I want to participate in.

The ALSA is making an appearance on Mid-day Arizona (a local talk-news show) on 9/23 to talk about all of the great things they do and Kim has asked me to join her on the show. So, I'll have my 15 min. of fame in 3 min. or less :-) I'm nervous about the whole t.v. thing but I'm thrilled to be able to help promote awareness about the ALSA.

I hadn't posted this on the blog, but I've had some trouble breathing the past few weeks, which was really freaking me out. All of the symptoms I had could be explained by pregnancy or changes as a result of the ALS, so I was anxious to see if they could determine which it was. Great news is it looks likely that it is pregnancy related! I blew a 79%, which was my lowest but not much lower than the 81-85% I've blown in the past and wasn't a concern to the respiratory therapist. The test that they are more concerned with, I blew a -60 last time, which is good, and they look for a -60 or lower. This time I blew a -35 and -39, which was concerning, but once I straightened up I blew a -60. She said this indicated it was just Joshua sitting on my organs/diaphragm. The other thing that indicates it's Joshua is that I am getting short of breath at random times and positions; whereas, if it were ALS driven it would be more consistent with activity and position.

Well, those are the highlights from clinic so that's all for now!