Update from Philly...

From Suzanne:

Today, Kim was seen at the Wills Eye Center in Philadelphia. She flew out there yesterday. By some bizarre coincidence, a friend was traveling to Philly on the SAME day and on the SAME flight as Kim, and therefore, became her chaperone for the journey there. When she arrived in Philly, her sister, Robin, picked her up at the airport, stayed with her at the hotel & escorted her to her appointments.

I just talked to Steve and got a brief summary of what the doctors from Wills told Kim. I apologize ahead of time if any of this is incomplete or downright wrong! I will ammend it after I talk to Kim, but wanted to give everyone an idea of what was happening.

The doctors found that fluid is leaking from her optic nerve tumor and is causing something like a blister on her retina. This is what is causing her vision to be foggy. They said that this has nothing to do with the PDT (photodynamic therapy) treatment she had done a few weeks ago. Apparently, that was done on a different tumor? and the procedure is so mild that they said it would not have caused this. They are going to try giving her a steroid shot in the eye that they hope will reduce some swelling and hopefully stop the leaking. They are not sure that it will work & there are some risks associated with doing it (e.g. infection, glaucoma, etc.), but don't know what else to do. They said she could do it there or come back home & do it. Because there is some discomfort associated with the procedure, she decided she will wait until she returns home to do it. If this does not work, they mentioned returning there for more PDT.

Kim is staying in Philly again tonight and then I believe she will go to Robin's and spend the day tomorrow. She will most likely return home on Thursday?