Monday Morning miracle????

Family and friends,

The last time I wrote was Saturday night. At that time Bob's blood count dropped into the high 6's range, his bp was in the 190's and they were going to start giving him new drugs for clotting and blood pressure. Apparantly all the stars aligned for Bob and everything seemed to work. During the night on Saturday they gave Bob 2 units of blood and 2 units of plasma and retook his blood counts Sunday morning. His blood counts jumped from 6.8 to 8.5. Although that was a big improvement, I was cautiously optomistic. They didn't give Bob any blood during the day yesterday and his counts remained at 8.5. I was still cautiously optomistic about the clotting drug Amacar. They didn't give Bob any blood last night, and his blood counts went up on their own to 8.8, platlets rose to 92,000 and white blood in the 8's as well. In addition, Bob's blood pressure returned to the 130's as of last night and when they did a chest xray, for the very first time in the last 3 weeks it's come out normal. It looked like his pnumonia is gone as well. Everything is looking up for Bob today! When we saw him yesterday he was very alert, wanted to know what the game plan was, and did lots of excercises trying to move his hands and feet. Don't get me wrong, Bob still has severe adema in his hands and feet and his range of motion is very minimal (he can't lift his hands and feet much, still can't hold a pencil) but he's trying and making a huge effort. If he continues on this path, he should be off the breathing machine within a week! Thanks to everyone for their prayers and well wishes for Bob, they seem to be working!

Love and thanks,
Michele