Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Positive trend

So far this hospital stay has not been bad. Initial tests on his leaking fluid showed no signs of infection, and verify that it's still just excess fluid from the tissues and/or lymph glands. Because of that information, the scan was cancelled. Docs removed some of the stitches from the kidney incision to see if that will speed up the drainage and end it sooner rather than later. They will continue to note how often the dressing needs to be changed as a way of seeing if the flow decreases.

He took 2 walks around the 9th floor today, and just for fun after dinner, tolerated his cardiologist removing all the staples from his chest incision. Big sigh of relief when that was finished!

Tomorrow he is scheduled for his 3rd weekly heart biopsy - and I get to be lazy and just show up after it's done. After that we have no idea of what's in store for him.....hoping for the delayed catheter removal to take place and then maybe home. But I refuse to make any predictions any more! Will report actual events as they happen tomorrow.
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RJ/Bob/Irv is a 61-year-old beloved husband, father, uncle, brother, motor racing fanatic, and Livermore resident who received a heart and kidney transplant in February of 2010. Bob's recent years have been defined by his health, which forced him into early retirement. Unfortunately, many of his days were spent in a dialysis center or at various medical appointments, primarily due to his living with diabetes for over 40 years. Numerous were panic visits to various Emergency Rooms all over California for treatment of chest pain. But now no more dialysis and no more late-night dashes to UCSF! The main focus of Bob's family, friends, and doctors has been a prompt transplant, so that he can get back to traveling with his Sweetie, driving fast cars, enjoying great music and laughing with his friends. This blog will function as a way to communicate with all interested parties and to keep everyone informed. And hopefully it can serve a great purpose also, in making people more aware of the importance of organ donation and how each life saved has a positive effect on dozens of related friends and relatives.