Dad weighs 313 pounds. FROM FLUID!!!! When we got to Rush originally I think he was 260. Martha says you can really tell in his hands and face. They gave him lasix today though and it seems to be helping a bit. They also chnaged his feeding to a more concentrated amount, less fluid input.
We are headed out tomorrow. I'll keep you updated.
Thursday, April 30, 2009
Monday, April 27, 2009
Update
Just talked to Debbie. Dad is still been really sleepy all day. He woke up about an hour ago. Debbie says he seems to be having trouble tracking with his eyes, but thinks its because he is so tired maybe. His blood count is really low again so they had to give him 2 units of blood.
The bone scan results came back from his wound, there is no osteomyelitis, which is good. But they found lesions on his spinal cord around his right hip and knee area. The doctor thinks its Aspergillus. So, the aspergillus is pretty invasive.
He still is FULL of fluid, they couldn't give him lasix because of his blood pressure. But since that is okay now, they finally gave him some lasix today.
The bone scan results came back from his wound, there is no osteomyelitis, which is good. But they found lesions on his spinal cord around his right hip and knee area. The doctor thinks its Aspergillus. So, the aspergillus is pretty invasive.
He still is FULL of fluid, they couldn't give him lasix because of his blood pressure. But since that is okay now, they finally gave him some lasix today.
Monday
Dad has yet another bacteria in his lungs. BIG SHOCKER. Its growing in a petri dish, but they said they thought they knew what it was. So, now he is on 2 anti-fungals and 3 antibiotics.
Saturday he was very alert all day long, he even wanted Debbie to rent him a comedy and a drama. But, he slept all day yesterday and didn't watch any of them. She tried to put one on for him today and he couldn't stay awake.
They took him off his blood pressure medicine and he seemed to be doing really well off of it.
Jordan had her prom on Saturday. She had a really good time. Scott and I went down and took the Grand March pictures. That was a ton of fun and the kids all were great. I feel sorry for them, it was POURING by the time we were done and they all had to go outside in it. Jordan won a radar detector at the after prom party.
Here is a link to the pictures: http://public.fotki.com/scottssister/carlisle-jr-sr-prom/
Saturday he was very alert all day long, he even wanted Debbie to rent him a comedy and a drama. But, he slept all day yesterday and didn't watch any of them. She tried to put one on for him today and he couldn't stay awake.
They took him off his blood pressure medicine and he seemed to be doing really well off of it.
Jordan had her prom on Saturday. She had a really good time. Scott and I went down and took the Grand March pictures. That was a ton of fun and the kids all were great. I feel sorry for them, it was POURING by the time we were done and they all had to go outside in it. Jordan won a radar detector at the after prom party.
Here is a link to the pictures: http://public.fotki.com/scottssister/carlisle-jr-sr-prom/
Thursday, April 23, 2009
Thursday
Dad didn't want Martha to leave today. He was much more alert. They wanted to do a bronchoscopy today. His chest Xray showed a significant change from yesterday so they wanted to culture it and see whats up. He has been having issues with his feeding tube the past 3 days getting clogged. I can't help but think that maybe some of the feeding is getting aspirated?
Thats all I got for today.
Thats all I got for today.
Wednesday, April 22, 2009
Hello
Dad is doing really well today. There doesn't seem to be any deficits from this surgery. We are still awaiting the results of the brain cultures. They checked his thyroid and it has little to no function right now, which can affect his respiratory function, so they started him on meds for that.
The wound nurse was in when I was there, they gave him a new bed. They are also doing a bone scan because apparently his bone is showing. I know due to his diabetes amongst all his millions of other issues, that kind of wound is hard to treat. But, bone showing is UNACCEPTABLE! Thanks RML! I hope Rush can fix it.
We have also recently found out that our aunt Joan has lung cancer. It is very small and a slow moving type. I think they are just going to do radiation. She is doing great in her new retirement community, so I think she will get through this just fine with all of her new friends.
Prom is this weekend, Scott and I will be in Carlisle shooting all the prom kids. (with our cameras.) Debbie is going to Rush to spend the weekend with dad.
The wound nurse was in when I was there, they gave him a new bed. They are also doing a bone scan because apparently his bone is showing. I know due to his diabetes amongst all his millions of other issues, that kind of wound is hard to treat. But, bone showing is UNACCEPTABLE! Thanks RML! I hope Rush can fix it.
We have also recently found out that our aunt Joan has lung cancer. It is very small and a slow moving type. I think they are just going to do radiation. She is doing great in her new retirement community, so I think she will get through this just fine with all of her new friends.
Prom is this weekend, Scott and I will be in Carlisle shooting all the prom kids. (with our cameras.) Debbie is going to Rush to spend the weekend with dad.
Monday, April 20, 2009
BUSTED!!
Haha!! Dr. Lopes came in and said he had been reading my blog. How embarrassing. HI DR. LOPES!!! :)
Oh well, I never said anything bad about him, he is awesome.
They are taking him to surgery now here soon. Supposed to be 130. It was first 4:20, then 6:00, now 1:30. He is sleepy today. He wakes up on command and responds appropriately. He is going through the same incision. He has some fluid between the bone flap and dura, they will test that first. They will then go in and get to one of the abscesses and test that. He does think its an infection and he hopes that there is still infection in it and not just the residual skin left over so they can get a treatment plan going. Plus he has faith that his right side will come back. Yay!
Anyway, I will update more after surgery. :)
Oh well, I never said anything bad about him, he is awesome.
They are taking him to surgery now here soon. Supposed to be 130. It was first 4:20, then 6:00, now 1:30. He is sleepy today. He wakes up on command and responds appropriately. He is going through the same incision. He has some fluid between the bone flap and dura, they will test that first. They will then go in and get to one of the abscesses and test that. He does think its an infection and he hopes that there is still infection in it and not just the residual skin left over so they can get a treatment plan going. Plus he has faith that his right side will come back. Yay!
Anyway, I will update more after surgery. :)
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Surgery
They are opening dad back up tomorrow to dig around and figure out what is causing the abcesses. I hope it goes well. I am here with Scott. I got in last night about 8. Scott said he had been pretty lathargic and sleeping all day, so I called up to check to see if he was awake and he wasn't, so we just stayed at the motel.
Today when we got here I came in and said hi and he opened his eyes really big and looked at me and mouthed hi. That was nice. He has been sleeping most of today though too. They took him for a stealth CT scan. It slices the brain into like 60 pieces so they can get a better view of where they are going tomorrow.
They of course have zero idea what time they are taking him to surgery. I will keep everyone updated. Fingers crossed!
Today when we got here I came in and said hi and he opened his eyes really big and looked at me and mouthed hi. That was nice. He has been sleeping most of today though too. They took him for a stealth CT scan. It slices the brain into like 60 pieces so they can get a better view of where they are going tomorrow.
They of course have zero idea what time they are taking him to surgery. I will keep everyone updated. Fingers crossed!
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