Daddy is back in Roanoke Memorial Hospital.
Daddy had blood work done today to get him ready for his cyber knife treatment. After they got back home the nurse at the Cancer Center called and said that we needed to get Daddy over to Roanoke Memorial because his potassium level was so dangerously high that his heart could stop at any time and his kidney function was also elevated. We got him to the hospital and settled into room 1033 in the Oncology ward. They started giving him fluids through his porta cath and got his feeding tube hooked up and oxygen started.
The Doctor said that Daddy was on way to much medication and said they would be looking into that. They also did labs to check all his levels again. The nurse came in at 10:00 p.m. and said that his potassium level had already come down. His level was 5.7 (should be 0.? - 5.4, it was over 7 earlier that day) and his kidney level was at 1.6 which 1.5 is normal for Daddy. So it does appear that his levels are getting back to the normal range. We'll see what the Doctor says in the morning.
Mom of course wouldn't leave the hospital but at least she can stay in the room with Daddy. Christy is taking first shift with them in the morning and I'll go over around noon. I'll update the blog when I get more information.
2 comments:
So Sorry to hear. Keeping LeRoy and Family and my Prayers and Thoughts.
David Layman
We are sorry to hear about this but so glad they found that his potassium was so high! We are keeping you in our prayers.
Carolyn Edelstein
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