Tuesday, May 13, 2008

Will this ever end???

Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers. He made it through the procedure but had some nose bleeds during and after. The fluid removed from the right lung was milky so they think he may have PCP (some kind of pneumonia) but will not know for sure until the cultures come back sometime within the next 24-48 hours. The good news about this is if we can pinpoint what is causing his high fevers we can treat it specifically instead of the broad antibiotic they are using now. They continue to give him platelets daily – today he received a double transfusion due to the nosebleeds. He has a fever of 104.4 right now which they say kills the platelets they are giving him. Because of this they have started him on another medication which stops the pancreas from killing the platelets. He is breathing better tonight than he was this morning but he still has oxygen flowing next to him. He doesn't like the mask - can't say I blame him. Thank you as always for your thoughts and prayers. As soon as we get any results I will put out another update.

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