Every time I've gone out and eaten I've gotten sick. Deborah carries a pager, and cannot travel outside a two-hour radius of the Methodist Hospital because the call could come at any time. A doctor in Abilene diagnosed Deborah with primary pulmonary hypertension, a lung disease in which the blood pressure in the pulmonary artery rises far above normal levels, more than two years ago. The drug, until most recently, had given Deborah some semblance of a real life. Some people do extremely well for a long time.
Some people do well for a while.
It's kept Deborah alive, but she hasn't had a happy normal existence. I'm getting those things back. I haven't had this since I was put on Flolan. E.W. Scripps Publications , All Rights Reserved. Site users are subject to our User Agreement .