Monday August 17, 2009 (Day 19)

Evening Update:

Dr. Chen didn't get a chance to come back and see Daddy until after 6:00 this evening. However; earlier in the day Internal Medicine was in (Dr. Mathews & Dr. Gohar). They told us that his kidney & lung function was worse. This confused us since he's on CPAP and not Bi-vent and Dr. Chen had said the kidneys were holding their own. Dr. Chen clarified things for us. Daddy's kidney function had only changed from 1.8 to 1.82 so Dr. Chen said that was not a significant change. He also said that the Internal Medicine Docs were only referring to the lung x-ray and not the overall lung function (his breathing can be better but the amount of fluid on his lungs could be worse). Overall Dr. Chen is very pleased with Daddy's progress. Will update in morning.

Morning Update:

Daddy had a good night last night. He was awake and alert when Mom and I got here this morning. We didn't get to stay with him but about 10 min. and we had to leave for them to give him a bath and get him cleaned up. Dr. Chen was on his way into Daddy's room when we were coming out so he talked with us in the hall and said he would be back to see Daddy after the nurses finishes cleaning him up. Dr. Chen did say that Daddy's white count was elevated. Normal for Daddy was running around 8 and his was up to 13 today. Which we new he had an infection but with all the antibiotics he's been getting you would think the white count would be coming down not going up. Dr. Chen was very excited to hear that Daddy was still on the CPAP mode for his breathing. He even pointed out that it gave him cold chills when I said that. He had been watching Daddy's chart, but I guess Dr. Keeley hadn't put in there yet that he had changed Daddy to CPAP yesterday and left it at that setting. Dr. Chen said that Daddy's kidneys are holding their own. He was also happy to see that Daddy required less pain meds yesterday.

So "knock on wood" things are looking better. I will update again after Dr. Chen's visit if there is any changes.