July 17

Parker had his CT scan on 7/9 as planned. The first IV blew out, probably a little painful but he never complained, so they had to put another one in which worked great. When Dr. Reyes office called to confirm our appointment we learned that he was going to be out of the office Thursday & Friday and we would be seeing the PA. We like his PA but since we were getting the results from the CT I wanted to be able to visit with Dr. Reyes. Therefore, we had our appointment today. He had a chest Xray and breathing test today. The Xray showed signs of improvement over the last one (taken on 5/31) and the test indicated that his lung capacity has improved a lot!! Dr. Reyes had Parker do a breathing treatment and then do the breathing test over again. There was only a slight change in the lung capacity so he felt that we could stop breathing treatments and do them only on a need as basis. As far as the results from the CT scan we still don't have them because the hospital hadn't sent the report to the doctor! The nurse called the office to have them fax it and they indicated it would be on its way but it never came! Dr. Reyes indicated he would call us when he received it. We will do an update as soon as we get the results but we are feeling good about it since the Xray and lungs have improved! God is good!

We made it to the Logumall Inn for the Fireworks Follies Festivities. Parker was the lucky guy who "started" the fireworks! Stay tuned for pictures of that. (Big Jerry had told Parker when he was in the hospital that he had to get better so he could "light the first firework". He was true to his word!)

Thank you for all your prayers and support! Love, Kay