That is f*cking GREAT news!!!!!!!

On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:

> Mary says:
>
>> Amazing!  He has had three really good days.  This hospital is
>> wonderful!!! They called in a consultant and along with all the
>> other doctors involved....must be about 15 or more, they have
>> decided to take him off the steroids, put him back on a smaller
>> dosage of the chemo drug.  His kidneys may not return to normal
>> however we are not giving up that happening just yet.  The Lungs
>> have  not healed as much as they would like but the x-rays for the
>> past several days have not changed so nothing new is going on in
>> there.  He has maintained a positive attitude and his spirit has
>> been high all the way.  His doctors tell him that his attitude
>> toward all that has been going on with him has helped him
>> tremendously.  He is making his own blood now and he has started
>> getting some immune cells back, although the number is low it is
>> still great news.   He is still getting dialysis every
>> day.  Yesterday they got him up and walked him around in the hall
>> for the first time in over a month.  He did ok but had to stop
>> several times to put on the mask along with the nose canula to get
>> his oxygenation back up to a good level.  They told us yesterday
>> that he may get to go home on Wednesday or Friday.  However in order
>> to do that he has to be able to get up, move around normally and
>> still maintain an oxygenation level of 92 and all the infections and
>> fungi that is showing in his blood must be gone.  When he leaves
>> here he will still have to have dialysis every day, still be on
>> antibiotics for at least 6 weeks.  Not sure if his blood sugar will
>> return to normal after the steroids are finished.  Hopefully he will
>> be ok in that he was never a diabetic before.  There is a host of
>> other meds he will be on too but we can handle that.  He is looking
>> forward to going home, says he has to do something to the Westy to
>> get it ready for winter.  I know the water storage tank needs to be
>> drained but not sure what else.  He would like to get in his Westy
>> and take a nap!!! Can you believe that!!!  Hope we have a mild
>> winter because I am sure he is going to be sitting in his Westy for
>> a few hours every week.  Thanks for keeping in touch.  My ability to
>> get on line is difficult at times.  Mary
>>
>

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