Dad seems to have a difficult time getting sustained sleep with breathing treatment to help dissipate the fluid on his lungs every 4 hours, the constant refilling of antibiotics (aka immune system in a bag) and the constant tugs of a pair of IV's, 12 EKG leads, 1 oxygen hose, a blood pressure cuff, a catheter and an oxygen monitor on his finger. On Monday they noticed that the swelling in his feet and ankles had started to move up his legs so they put him in compression shoes and calf wraps and increased a few medication to help reduce the swelling. They did get Dad out of bed and he walked around for a bit and then set in the chair for an hour and a half and did that in the morning and afternoon. The catheter was removed but unfortunately they decided to put it back in once the swelling started to spread. He is scheduled to go in for a bone marrow biopsy today and they are looking at moving him out of ICU in the near future. We should know the results of the biopsy and success of the chemo later this week.
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Bone marrow results "later this week"? We are sitting on pins and needles, doesn't it seem they could rush it! Thanks for the wonderful update.
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