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But he just heaved a sigh and looked directly into her eyes His slate grey gaze was slightly disconcerting in its intensity “You did the same for me when you called and told me to come home”

Lou jerked her gaze froernail to nibble on it It would be nice to find out the prognosis for Mrs Wester The floors dinged by slowly on the display until the doors opened and they stepped out The doctor was hunched over the nurses’ station with a pen in hand He looked up and scowled as they approached

“Your estive heart failure” Brody’s indrawn breath and sere all Lou needed to realize the seriousness of the situation “I need to ask you some questions” The ER doc motioned to a chair and indicated they both should sit

“How long has your h?”

Brody looked toward Lou and she replied, “About two hsdown”

“And her shortness of breath?”

“She hasn’tt been very active in the past few months She just said she was extra tired”

“I can see why Her x-ray showed there is fluid in the lungs and her heart is enlarged”

“Can I see it?” Brody asked

“Sure” The ER doc hted x-ray viewer and switched it on He hung the x-ray on the viewer and pointed with a pencil to the right side of the heart “You can see here that blood has engorged the right side of the heart”

Brody nodded “You can see the blood backed up in the veins Damn it” He swore

“Your ertips and toes were blue when she arrived…”

Brody cut hi a loss of blood flow to the extreain “What’s your recommendation?”

“I would suggest using a combination of diuretics like Lasix, vasodilators, ACE inhibitors, and calcium channel blockers,” the doctor replied

Brody nodded His jaw tight enough that it was ticking