Praise the Lord - today is the first time since Ryan's had blood drawn in the last two weeks that he has not needed to get blood. He did need to get two bags of platelets, but his platelet count was up some from last week. One week ago, it was 3 before the transfusion, today it was 14. That's not a huge jump, but it is a move in the right direction. Ryan would have been ready to leave when I got to the hospital to pick him up after work except that he had been coughing a lot while there and they decided to do a chest x-ray.
Heather, his nurse today, was on the phone with Dr. Berger when I got there after work and a trip to the grocery store. She told me that Dr. Berger wanted to talk with me. Ryan's chest x-ray showed stuff in the bottom of his left lung which they think is pneumonia and Dr. Berger thought it would be best for him to be admitted to the hospital to be treated. Ryan strongly did not want to be admitted to the hospital, so by the time Dr. Berger, Adam, and Heather talked things over, it was decided that Ryan would get a dose of antibiotics and then be sent home to get antibiotics in his IV from home. That means I'll have to hook things up and make sure all is working, but after giving shots, I think I can handle that!
Things went well today and I'm grateful for everyone who was taking care of Ryan and keeping his needs and health in mind.
We pray that the antibiotic does its job and that Ryan's cough breaks up and all is well within a couple of days.
Ryan's white count was 1.39 today - still looking very good.
-A
We're glad to hear it was a better day!
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