09/17/2007 Update
September 25th, 2007 by shahin
First the not so good news…
His white blood cell is back up to 28,000 (was down to 12,000), indicating that there is another infection somewhere. So, we are back to playing detectives to find this one. His blood pressure dropped dramatically in the morning, but since he was almost completely weaned off of the medication which helped him with it, they upped his medication and he’s back to an acceptable range.
The sorta good news…
He is still on 60% oxygen. This is the 2nd day they have kept him at that level. We’d like to see this go down slowly to get his own lungs to kick it in. The blood they found in his stool is no source of worry, eliminating the possibility of having to deal with internal bleeding issues. His platelets are on the rise also. This is good, as it does help with coagulation in case there is any bleeding at all. The rest of the vitals are basically the same.
As of right now (5:45pm) his main doctor has not been around, which is unusual (maybe he’s golfing or something!). We are all eager to talk with him to find out what the plan of action is for the next few days (obviously a lot of it depends on how Shahin is doing on any given day).
I’m going to give you a daily score on a scale of 1 to 10, with 10 meaning Shahin is out of intensive care.
Today’s Score: 3
Special Request:If you are going to call us or any of the family members to get updates on Shahin, please keep the time difference in mind. Getting calls at 1 or 2 in the morning during the situation we are in can cause extreme amounts of anxiety. Thank you.
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