Today was a pretty good day! Despite the late (and somewhat sleep deprived) night last night, Tim felt better today. He did not have quite as much nausea and didn’t feel quite as tired. His blood numbers are dropping though, so that can change at the drop of a hat. In fact, he is starting to feel a mouth sore coming on tonight.
The physical therapy ladies were back today and were able to ‘diagnose’ some things that Tim was doing (the way he walked) that was leading to some of his back and hip pain. They gave him some exercises to do and ‘corrected’ some of the things he does when he walks. We feel like this might be a good starting point towards some of his back, hip, and shoulder/neck issues being helped.
PRAYER REQUESTS:
That we both get a good night’s sleep tonight. The transplant finished around midnight and then they needed to do vitals on Tim every hour for the next four hours. With that and shift change at 6:00 a.m., it was a rather short night!
Over the next several days, Tim’s numbers will bottom out. They fully anticipate that he will start to run fevers and feel like he has a really bad case of flu. The mouth sores are another issue that will occur. Please pray that he will be able to tolerate the upcoming medical challenges.
PRAISES:
That everything went smoothly with the transplant.
That the physical therapists were able to see some ways Tim could make changes that will very likely help with some of his back, hip, neck and shoulder issues.
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