Wednesday News from Salt Lake City

Dear Family & Friends,
Tuesday's treatment was difficult. There had been so much swelling in Marty's jaw and face from Monday to Tuesday that the mask did not fit right and a few minutes into the treatment, he could not breath. The treatment had to be stopped and they acutally cut off the lower part of the mask that had so carefully made to fit his face!!! It was quite traumatic for Marty and he looked a bit shaken when he came out into the waiting area to me. Who knew this could even happen. It was nothing he had been warned about or is common. Well, the good news is that fianlly, Marty got some much needed sleep last night so today is bound to go better. Jane, Dr. Hitchcock's nurse made sure that we left yesterday with prescriptions for pain & sleep meds, Marty mostly rested and worked on eating and drinking and I worked on medical bills and insurance issues and calls. The day flew by for me and seemed LONG for him. In the evening, Michelle and Gordon came for a visit which was nice. We are grateful to be this far down the road to recovery with much of the hard stuff behind him. We know there is still plenty ahead for him. We are hoping for treatment to go smoothly today and for our weekly visit with Dr. Ying Hitchcock to happen today. She told us that the technicians will be delivering the treatments each day and she will see and evaluate him only once per week and that will be on Wednesdays. Love to all, LaRee, and of course, Marty