Kenny Update--March 5th

Mostly good updates for him today. The 2 antibiotics are doing the trick. His fever has been below 101 for over 24 hours. He still has one but not the high fever that got him admitted. The sores in his mouth are nearly healed. The white cell count is moving upwards, his electrolytes are back in balance and most of the morning he was looking great. He did a little school with Jo this morning and did his Bible Bowl review.
Now for the bad updates. Early this afternoon he was in a lot of pain in his chest and they needed to give him a dose of morphine to get it under control. A chest X-ray was completed a little while ago and we are waiting for the results. He took a long nap and when he woke up he was “feeling a ton better” to use his own words. His red cell count is dropping and there is a chance that he will need to have a transfusion in the next 48 hours. His white cell count is still really low so there is no guess on a discharge date.
The mixed updates are he is interested in eating but his appetite is really way off. He is waking up a lot in the night on his own but is able to go back to sleep. He still has a slight cough but it does not appear to be an issue.
All and all believe it or not a good day – Kenny is sitting in bed playing a game. He is his normal cheerful self. The nurses have told Jo and I that they like having Kenny as their patient. The road to recovery is slow but he is making progress. I was able to put a full day in my new ‘auxiliary office’ and I was able to hit the mute button for conference calls at the correct time.
Hour by hour! 

~Ken and Jo~