THE TRUE STORY OF...
The next day she was not nauseous, for the first time in a long while.
Her breathing was better again. She needed less oxygen. Her Staphylococcus
disappeared. It was time to check her lungs with an X-ray again and drain if
necessary.
The lung tumor was much smaller, in fact, nothing but a diffuse (fluffy)
region of remaining inflammation. (Search for the radiologist’s white arrow.)
Her lungs had twice as much air in them (white space) and the enlarged
lymph nodes were gone. Nevertheless, one more liter of fluid was drained
from her chest. She could drink better now and was started on “lung tea”
(mullein, comfrey) and a clove of garlic daily.
On August 15 she left. Her family was disappointed. Yet she was clearly
better according to the X-ray and blood tests. They didn’t think so; she was
wheel chair bound, had lost more weight, and needed oxygen occasionally.
The grapevine whispered she was going home to die.
Summary: Two months later, the family called. I expected the worst.
But it was Sonja herself! She wanted something, but I could only sputter
back: How was she? She was fine, she said. Had she gained weight? “Oh,
yes, 4 lb. already.” That was the telling news. She had turned the corner. She
was getting well. But she was calling about another tooth! “Yes, do come
back. Don’t refill it, pull it!” But she refused. In her blithe way, as always,
she just refused. Her hard won victories may have been in vain. But she
treated us to one more follow up blood test. She had improved in many ways
and had a better chance to get well than in the beginning.
Sonja
Eckenroth
5/1 5/13 5/28 6/3 6/11 6/18 6/25 7/2 8/5 8/14 10/2
RBC 4.07 4.34 4.55 4.37 4.07 4.04 4.38 3.96 3.99 4.04 4.24
WBC 4,1 9,6 8,9 8,7 7,4 8,6 7,8 8,3 9,3 9,0 6,2
PLT 448 500 368 418 458 414 473 393 415 377 306
BUN 11 11 14 26 14 18 10 14 10 15 8.0
creatinine 0.6 0.7 0.7 0.8 0.9 0.8 0.7 0.6 0.8 0.8 0.6
AST (SGOT) 31 35 45 55 56 64 56 71 54 50 37
ALT (SGPT) 27 27 13 18 25 22 23 22 19 18 13
LDH 161 228 279 327 252 336 277 335 256 246 203
GGT 254 126 82 79 77 79 85 65 134 118 144
T.b. 0.2 0.6 0.6 0.6 0.7 0.8 0.5 0.5 0.8 0.4 0.4
alk phos 498 484 452 451 517 595 464 614 514 510 563
T.p. 5.3 6.6 6.7 6.9 6.7 6.8 6.9 6.6 7.1 7.0 6.9
albumin 2.9 3.9 4.0 3.9 3.9 3.9 4.2 3.8 4.0 4.0 4.1
globulin 2.4 2.7 2.7 3.0 2.8 2.9 2.7 2.8 3.1 3.0 2.8
uric acid 4.0 5.2 2.7 2.0 2.0 1.9 0.9 1.0 1.6 1.0 3.0
Calcium 7.4 9.5 8.9 8.6 8.6 8.7 8.6 7.8 8.6 8.9 8.1
Phosphorus 2.4 4.1 4.4 5.0 4.6 5.8 5.0 5.0 5.2 4.8 4.4
Iron 27 30 31 39 22 33 56 40 69 30 58
Sodium 134 134 133 138 138 136 135 136 135 139 128
Potassium 4.3 4.3 3.7 4.1 4.4 4.4 4.4 4.8 4.7 4.4 4.5
Chloride 102 94 95 99 96 103 97 100 99 102 92