03 Aug Quick Updates

Posted at 15:00h in Balance, Bipolar Disorder, Chaplaincy, Colleen, family, Jonathan, life, pace of life, rest, travel by pkuzma 1 Comment

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The last several weeks have been fairly intense around the Kuzma household. Here's a couple quick updates and a chuckle for you: Jonathan seems to be doing pretty well at Heritage School in Provo, Utah. We miss him like crazy! Not that one ever knows what...

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01 Jul Cardiologist Check-up Today

Posted at 18:01h in Colleen, family, health, life, marriage by pkuzma 0 Comments

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We saw Colleen’s cardiologist today, who did an echocardiogram to check progress. We had hoped for an “all clear” but some fluid still remains around the heart. It is BETTER than the last one on June 19 and for that we are grateful. She has...

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21 Jun Home Sweet Home

Posted at 16:49h in Colleen, family, health, life, marriage, reflections, travel by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Especially for all those who don’t follow on Facebook or Twitter, Colleen was discharged from the hospital yesterday at about 11:30 am. We were able to catch a 6:30 pm flight out on, of all airlines, ALASKA, which Colleen thought was pretty funny. I was...

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19 Jun Just When You Thought It Was Safe!

Posted at 12:14h in Colleen, family, health, life, marriage, reflections, travel by pkuzma 0 Comments

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We were ALMOST home! Set to take a cab to the airport at 9:30 am. But Colleen woke around 12:30 am with the same, but less intense, chest pain. She waited to let me know until 6:45 and we went straight to the ER, so...

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18 Jun Many Miracles

Posted at 21:40h in Colleen, family, health, life, marriage, reflections, Starbucks, travel, Uncategorized by pkuzma 0 Comments

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After this long week, it was wonderful to go back to the hotel room WITH Colleen. I've been staying at a place called "The Inn at Virginia Mason", a cool 1920's hotel that is actually physically connected to the Virginia Mason Medical Center that primarily...

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17 Jun Discharge!

Posted at 12:45h in Colleen, family, health, life, marriage, reflections, travel, vacations by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Colleen was discharged from the hospital just a few minutes ago! After continued conversation with the doctors, we are staying close by for the next two days just in case any symptoms flare up, and have been instructed to keep her exertion low. Interestingly, the...

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16 Jun Still Feeling Well But Not Out The Woods

Posted at 10:28h in Colleen, family, life, marriage, reflections, travel, vacations by pkuzma 0 Comments

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Colleen is feeling much better today, reporting much less windedness with activity and no residual chest pain. THAT’S amazing! However, the cardiologist and treating physician came in this morning and have decided to NOT discharge Colleen from the hospital today. Cardiologist cautioned against taking this circumstance...

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15 Jun I Almost Missed A Miracle

Posted at 22:34h in Colleen, family, health, life, marriage, reflections, travel, vacations by pkuzma 2 Comments

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Just want to thank everyone for all of the love and support we’ve received over the last 24 hours since we arrived here in Seattle! It would take too much time to go into all the emails, texts, FB messages and wall posts and blog...

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15 Jun Another Update on Colleen

Posted at 10:30h in Colleen, family, health, life, marriage, travel, vacations by pkuzma 3 Comments

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Well, they just changed their mind! The main cardiologist just came in and said that because we are seeing symptom improvement in the last 24 hours with medication therapy, he wants to stay away from doing the invasive procedure if we don’t have to. So, they...

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15 Jun Update on Colleen

Posted at 10:04h in Colleen, family, health, life, marriage, travel, vacations by pkuzma 1 Comment

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Just got the news that they’ve determined it will be needed to drain the fluid from the sac around the heart. They are making arrangements to do that within the next few hours. They will leave a drainage tube in for a couple of days...

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