Thursday, March 12, 2009

Room Change

There has been just a few things change, so I thought it would be good to pass along. Dad is now in room 797, in the corner for those of you who visit. Phone number would be 801-357-5797.

A few things I failed to mention in the previous post was that dad also has a infection in his blood system and to top everything else pneumonia. The good part is in the night they took him off his oxygen, which was pretty high, so chances are the pneumonia is getting better. . . . I just got off the phone with dad, and he's back on the oxygen with 2 liters (originally it was 4 liters). His lungs still sounded rattled, but doing better. His numbers are still low which is something their watching. They don't know if it's from the antibiotic he is taking or possibly the 20 (that's a guess) chemo pills he took a week and a half ago. The doctor is looking into the idea of lighten the chemo dosage in his maintenance plan for the future to keep his immune system higher. There still is questions if dad will be released for a few days or stay in until his surgery on the aneurysm so we'll keep you posted on that.
As far as dad goes, his spirits seems to be rising. He sounded much better today. Once again thank you for all your thoughts and prayers.
Yesterday was a big day of visitors, and we just want to day thank you. He really enjoyed seeing everyone. It definitely make his day.

1 comment:

Becker Family said...

We love you Uncle Mark! We are so sorry you are going through all of this! I hope you get better SOON so the doctors can move forward with surgery or whatever they need to do. You are always in our prayers.
Beckee