They're still weening him off of the sedatives. He's definitely starting to open his eyes more and try to move around more. Slowly and surely!! They just did another blood gas, and everything was normal without dialysis!!! He is just doing better by leaps and bounds today! I think back to the news we got on Sunday, and look how far he's come. All of your thoughts and prayers are working!
Love,
Melissa
Friday, January 15, 2010
!!!!!!!!!
Oh my goodness! They're waking him up!!! Might take a few days to ween him off, but they're trying!!
More later when I can think more coherently.
Love,
Melissa
More later when I can think more coherently.
Love,
Melissa
Thursday, January 14, 2010
Calm night and good blood counts
Hi everyone,
We had a very calm night last night. Eric made some improvements on his lungs. They are going to reduce the vent settings today. The doctors are back to hinting at maybe weaning him off the vent, which is soooooooooooooo exciting. Yesterday they were talking about going to a tracheotomy, which is a set up for much longer term breathing support.
Below, I plotted Eric's blood counts over the past month, platelets and white blood cells. When Eric checked into the hospital, his white blood cell count was way too high (over 100,000), and his platelet count was way too low at 5000. The green lines are the four chemo treatments. They were giving Eric something on Dec 11-13 to kill off the WBC, but didn't start the chemo until they had an exact diagnosis on Dec 14. Today, Eric's white blood cells are 5800 (normal range is 5000-10,000) and his platelets are 81,000 (normal range 150,000). Click on the graph to get a bigger image.
Love,
Sara
We had a very calm night last night. Eric made some improvements on his lungs. They are going to reduce the vent settings today. The doctors are back to hinting at maybe weaning him off the vent, which is soooooooooooooo exciting. Yesterday they were talking about going to a tracheotomy, which is a set up for much longer term breathing support.
Below, I plotted Eric's blood counts over the past month, platelets and white blood cells. When Eric checked into the hospital, his white blood cell count was way too high (over 100,000), and his platelet count was way too low at 5000. The green lines are the four chemo treatments. They were giving Eric something on Dec 11-13 to kill off the WBC, but didn't start the chemo until they had an exact diagnosis on Dec 14. Today, Eric's white blood cells are 5800 (normal range is 5000-10,000) and his platelets are 81,000 (normal range 150,000). Click on the graph to get a bigger image.
Love,
Sara
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