Dan's doctors continue to be pleased with how his new liver is functioning. Plus the change from Procraf to Cyclosporin (anti-rejection meds) cleared his mental fog - yippee! And he continues to eat very well, still eating the pureed vegetables, except for the carrots - oh well. The doctor removed the staples from his incision today. I jokingly asked "so will you use a staple remover?" thinking about the one on my desk at work. He said "Yes!" and pulled out a staple remover that looked alot like mine except the part you hold looked like the finger holds on scissors.
He was in considerable pain the last few days in his lower abdomen, the doctor did a CT scan and didn't find anything wrong, they did see the kidney stone still in his left kidney but it's not moving and shouldn't be causing that pain. They did another peracentesis and removed 2-1/2 liters of fluid (that's like a big bottle of Mt. Dew). The pain med made him sleep most of the night, a nice break for him. They are testing the fluid for infection, results won't be back for a few days. This morning's labs showed a slight elevation in white blood cells, so Dan's getting a few new antibiotics, more to be proactive in case there is infection in that fluid. Labs also showed elevated potassium and low calcium, both of which were corrected with medications. The doctors suspect this is from the kidneys still not working at 100% and not flushing out the potassium, not sure about that calcium since he's drinking a lot of milk. He also got more lasix and albumin to push the kidneys more. And Rehab doctors did their assessment yesterday and said he's still not ready to move to Rehab, that's disappointing but I know it will happen in good time.
Ministry happens in amazing ways. Along with getting to know the doctors and nurses very well, we've gotten to know some of the other patients' families, a few have been here almost as long or longer than Dan. God's love has been shared with so many people and in so many extraordinary yet ordinary ways.
Oh how He loves you and me....
Debbie and Dan
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