Just wanted to take a brief second to bring everyone up to speed. Last week after the suspicion that maybe my Dad had lyme disease, and after taking mega antibiotics for that, his white blood cell count continued to plummet. This led to more tests and a blood culture on Thursday to determine what could be causing the decrease in the white blood cells. There is a long name for the type of bacteria that they found in his blood, that I can't remember how to spell or pronounce at this point, but once this was determined, he was put on yet another antibiotic to try and knock the infection back. He has had a couple of rough days, but we are glad to report that he is back on the upswing. While his white blood cell count isn't completely back to normal, its climbing in that direction, and his platelets and other counts are now normal. He will continue on antibiotics for another week and hopefully at the end of that he will have all normal blood work. Other good news is that he tested negative for Lyme disease, so we were very relieved to get that news today as well.
I just spent a nice couple of days with my parents and enjoyed being able to visit with them, watch fireworks from their back porch and help them out in small ways. Its always an honor to be able to be with them. Provided there isn't anymore drama in the next few days...we should have results of his July 10 MRI to share sometime early next week. ~~Tami and family
I just spent a nice couple of days with my parents and enjoyed being able to visit with them, watch fireworks from their back porch and help them out in small ways. Its always an honor to be able to be with them. Provided there isn't anymore drama in the next few days...we should have results of his July 10 MRI to share sometime early next week. ~~Tami and family
