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Cough Bad Continuous Blood Spitting Up Heavy Chest Shortness of Brea

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1004 - Summary/Objective
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100501 - Follow up ref SDS 2 RZ4I.
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100503 - Yesterday, after meeting the doctor at Kaiser, and reporting that
100504 - symptoms of pulmonary emboli have subsided, ref SDS 2 RZ4I, about 1900
100505 - Millie returned a call to Marry Pfiefer, and then she called and
100506 - talked to Peggy Ferris.  While talking to Peggy, Millie started
100507 - coughing badly.
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100510 - She took some cough medicine, and the coughing began to subside.
100511 - Millie went to bed, and then began coughing again.  She took more
100512 - cough medicine, but it did not seem to help.  Her coughing was very
100513 - strong and frequent, and she blew her nose to remove blood.
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100515 -     [On 060722 Millie's son (now 52) was hospitalized for recurrence
100516 -     of pulmonary emboli, and his doctor did testing that found genetic
100517 -     disposition for pulmonary emboli, ref SDS 5 3D9T; research found
100518 -     that coughing up blood is a symptom. ref SDS 5 RP3H
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100521 - Blood with coughing reminded of what happened to Kath, particularly
100522 - because of pulminary emboli reported on 041104. ref SDS 1 N43I
100524 -  ..
100525 - Thought about calling the doctor, but Mil felt the coughing would
100526 - decline enough for her to sleep.
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100529 - Finally, about 2300 coughing subsided and she slept through the
100530 - morning.  After taking per penicillin shot, she slept the rest of the
100531 - day, with minimal coughing.
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100534 - A few days later in a call from Millie's friend Marilyn, she suggested
100535 - getting an examination with a lung specialist.  At this time, the CT
100536 - tests and xrays have not shown cancer or other problems with the
100537 - lungs, except for the blood clots, reported on 041104. At that time,
100538 - Doctor Kaufman seemed to have attributed coughing and heavyness in the
100539 - chest to blood clots. ref SDS 1 N43I
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100542 - Could the scope of the blood clot problem be more acute than
100543 - originally reported on 041104? ref SDS 1 RZ4I
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100546 -     [On 041230 meeting with doctor patient reports pulmonary emboli
100547 -     symptoms decline; coughing, heavy chest, shortness of breath have
100548 -     significantly improved. ref SDS 3 RZ4I
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