Date: Sat, 28 Nov 2009 11:12:55 -0800
Reply-To: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
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From: Jake de Villiers <crescentbeachguitar@GMAIL.COM>
Subject: Re: MOD Mike Collum 11/28 update
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That is f*cking GREAT news!!!!!!!
On Sat, Nov 28, 2009 at 9:34 AM, David Beierl <dbeierl@attglobal.net> wrote:
> Mary says:
>
>> Amazing! He has had three really good days. This hospital is
>> wonderful!!! They called in a consultant and along with all the
>> other doctors involved....must be about 15 or more, they have
>> decided to take him off the steroids, put him back on a smaller
>> dosage of the chemo drug. His kidneys may not return to normal
>> however we are not giving up that happening just yet. The Lungs
>> have not healed as much as they would like but the x-rays for the
>> past several days have not changed so nothing new is going on in
>> there. He has maintained a positive attitude and his spirit has
>> been high all the way. His doctors tell him that his attitude
>> toward all that has been going on with him has helped him
>> tremendously. He is making his own blood now and he has started
>> getting some immune cells back, although the number is low it is
>> still great news. He is still getting dialysis every
>> day. Yesterday they got him up and walked him around in the hall
>> for the first time in over a month. He did ok but had to stop
>> several times to put on the mask along with the nose canula to get
>> his oxygenation back up to a good level. They told us yesterday
>> that he may get to go home on Wednesday or Friday. However in order
>> to do that he has to be able to get up, move around normally and
>> still maintain an oxygenation level of 92 and all the infections and
>> fungi that is showing in his blood must be gone. When he leaves
>> here he will still have to have dialysis every day, still be on
>> antibiotics for at least 6 weeks. Not sure if his blood sugar will
>> return to normal after the steroids are finished. Hopefully he will
>> be ok in that he was never a diabetic before. There is a host of
>> other meds he will be on too but we can handle that. He is looking
>> forward to going home, says he has to do something to the Westy to
>> get it ready for winter. I know the water storage tank needs to be
>> drained but not sure what else. He would like to get in his Westy
>> and take a nap!!! Can you believe that!!! Hope we have a mild
>> winter because I am sure he is going to be sitting in his Westy for
>> a few hours every week. Thanks for keeping in touch. My ability to
>> get on line is difficult at times. Mary
>>
>
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Jake
1984 Vanagon GL
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