Day 9 June 13, 2009

We had another interrupted night due to low blood pressure.  His kidneys are sluggish because of one of the antibiotics so he was given a different med to help him release some of the fluid.  The good news is that there are no new bacteria growing from his blood.  The bad news is he still has fever.  It can happen but we would like to see him responding better to the antibiotics.  The weekend dr said he is on 5-6 antibiotics now and we still have a few options to try.  

Today he was up for a while and actually flew his new helicopter that I got for him. He even sat in a chair.  He took a good nap but fever is back up.  His head is all patchy.  The radiation makes it come out so much faster and in handfulls.  The nurse said to just run over his head with tape since the follicles are dead, he won't feel it.  It got out some of the hair. It is so messy too.  Let's see how he does the rest of the afternoon.