... Artie's update on illness

[Bhavani <http://www.juno.com/~bhavaniowl>]

Hi -

Artie saw Dr Johnson yesterday, an allergist plus more, and his diagnosis
is the swine flu along with bronchitis.  Gratefully the swine flu is NOT
full blown and in fact it may be changing to bacterial, alot less
serious.  Also he hasn't pneumonia, another big plus, and he's scheduled
to see Dr Johnson again next week and perhaps weekly for awhile.  

For now 3 medications were prescribed.  One is antiviral, one antibiotic,
and one a cough medicine.  As of today, only one day later, Artie feels
quite a bit better and he told me that all the muscles throughout his
body aren't so sore any more.  Thank you so much for your love and
prayers.  We wanted and believe that we received an accurate diagnosis
along with an appropriate plan of treatment.  Interestingly enough Dr
Johnson is an acupuncturist too so perhaps that healing modality may be
called for at some point.  Who knows, but we love that Dr Johnson is
receptive to alternative therapies.

Quite a few tests were administered to Artie yesterday (we were there for
many hours) and it seems there may be many more to follow.  Somewhere
down the line Dr Johnson wants to address any potential allergies also,
but for now his focus is to treat the flu and  bronchitis. 

Artie and I feel alot better than we did previous to yesterday.  We're
blessed to have been led to such an expert and knowledgeable doctor, and
I must say that he and Artie seemed to enjoy discussing various viruses
to great depth, something I suspect he may not be  accustomed to with
most patients.  On Artie's end he was fascinated by his intelligence and
expertise and added that he would so love to pick his brain.   :)

Well this is it for now, some very good news indeed, but please continue
with your love and prayers.  We appreciate it immensely.  Also as there's
more news to share I'll keep you posted, but in the meantime keep in mind
that... no news is good news.  

Our love and blessings to all,   
Anne Marie and Artie