Spoke with Pugh's office yesterday concerning swelling and skin scrape on leg. It's minor but with the swelling it's been oozing water and sometimes blood. Maggie had been bandaging it but I took that off over the weekend to get air to it to allow it to scab over. As of last night, it is beginning to do just that. Pugh's office confirmed this to be the best course of action. It needs to scab over to heal.

Mom was not responding to the increased Metalazone treatments until yesterday which is unusual that it took so long. She dropped 4 pounds as of yesterday which is a good sign that it may finally be kicking in. Pugh wants us to continue treatment for another week then consult again to determine need to take her in to see him. She is now (has been for 2 weeks now) getting the Metalazone 4x per week (Sun - Tue - Thu - Sat). As she drops weight, we need to make some judgement calls daily on the need to cancel or shift a treatment a day or more depending on weight loss. Expect extra, sometimes unproductive, trips to the bathroom with the increased Metalazone treatments.


Dan