Dad is still in the hospital. Seems strange to come home and not see him for several days. Mom has gone every day to the hospital and spending several hours each day. Adam took over work Monday and Tuesday to be at the hospital. He also goes to go after work on Thursday. I got to go on Wednesday and Friday. We are hoping he will be released tomorrow (Saturday). We found out some more details of why he is feeling the way he does (besides the oblivious).
1. His blood clot is in his right lung. According to the doctor, he will have to give himself a shot twice a day for a month. After that, he will have to get the shot once a day until 6 months after he is in 100% remission. This shot is in the same family as his blood thinner that he takes since he has Afib in his heart. So he is supposed to not take the blood thinner anymore. Of course, my parents will be following this up with his heart specialist.
2. The port that was used for chemo did not have an infection after all. If you recall, they removed it earlier in the week as they thought it might be the cause of dad’s fevers. However, no infection in the port and he still been getting fevers. If he has to do chemo again, he will have to go through surgery again to have another port put in.
3. He does still have a touch of pneumonia in his lungs. This was seen in the CAT scan that was conduced a couple days ago. Lots of meds are being given to him.
4. When they did the blood culture test this week, the only infection besides the pneumonia they found was a virus called CBV. From what the dr has told us, this is a common virus that basically everyone has. For those of you who know science, it sounded like a lysogenic virus as she said it is dormant unless our immune system cannot handle it. With dad’s white blood count (WBC) so low, the virus jumped at a chance to become active. However, they are also treating that as well.
5. Dad’s blood pressure and pulse has been stable. However, he has run fevers off and on, mainly at night. There is much discussion that since he always has radiation at night, the fevers could be connected. However, they have no proof of that.
We are hoping that he will get to come home soon. Will keep you updated. Again, thanks for all the support you give.
PS… more guys from dad’s work came to see him today and it made his day. More details on that in the morning.