10/13/2007

October 13th, 2007 by shahin

Shahin is in less pain today.  He had a bit of bleeding from his incision today, which the doctors cauterized (burnt) and he is doing fine.

They ended up having to put the tube that goes through his nose to his stomach to help pump out the build-up back in as he has been nauseous for the last few days.  Not a pleasant thing to have a tube shoved up your nose, but he tolerated it and is feeling better.  We are back to one tube in each nostril.

His white count is now up in the 8,000 range with the help of the Leukemia medication.  There is thought about stopping the administration of this drug tomorrow to see if he can maintain the count by himself.  Let’s hope he does.

He is also on a variety of antibiotics to make sure that if there are any infections, they being attacked.

He is completely off the ventilator and is breathing nicely by himself.  He can actually make some sounds with his mouth and make himself understood at times. 

His kidneys are still partially working and liver is doing OK too.

Daily score: 6