Family and friends,Bob has been out of the hospital for the last 4 days. He has been doing good at home and spending the afternoons at his parent's house. It gives him the opportunity to see Christopher and eat his Mom's famous "macaroni and tuna fish" that he eats by the truckloads! He went to see the oncologist today and they said his platelets have dropped dramatically to 8,000. He is back at Bethesda now having a platlet transfusion on an outpatient basis. I am very concerned that he may become neutropenic over the next few days and he will have to start wearing a mask so as to not get any infections.
He has 2 wounds still, the trachesotomy in his throat as well as the stage 3 bed sore wound that he is dealing with. I have gotten pretty good at taking care of these wounds but we have an appointment with a wound care center tomorrow so that I can get proper training in dressing them for him.
Bob wanted me to tell everyone thank you for all the help and support he has gotten. I will follow up tomorrow and let you know how he's doing.
Love and thanks,
Michele
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Is there a HyOx treatment center down there? We have one here in Atlanta and it is EXCELLENT and healing wounds fast and with much less scarring.....here is the website for the one up here. check is out and see if there is one down you guys' way http://www.hyox.com/
ReplyDeletejulia (bob's old coworker) :-)