John is now out of cardiac ICU. They did not need to shock him back into rhythm as they thought last night. They were able to get in back to normal throughout the night using fluids, magnesium, and potassium. We have had a very rough few days on the floor he was on and we refused for him to go back to it. The oncology floor can't take him back yet due to the a fib last night and high fevers. He is now on the heart and lung transplant floor. This was chosen because it has the telemetry (monitors to keep checking his heart rate) and they are familiar with patients that require similar care as he does. This floor also takes Bone Marrow Transplant patients when that floor is full so they have an idea more than the other floor. The oncology team will still be following him closely while he is on this floor. It is nice because it is in the new part of the clinic so everything is brand new.
He is extremely exhausted. He has a very bad rash still not sure if it is from the chemo or if it is graft vs host disease flaring up. Dermatology was in today to take a skin biopsy so we will know more when those results are in. He does still have fluid around the back of his heart the doctors don't believe that is sending him into a fib; they think it is the infection that he is fighting. It doesn't help that he has no immune system right now but they have all the antibiotics going that they can to fight it for him. Hopefully by the end of next week into the following week his counts will start to recover to help him fight it. He was having many conversations with people last night while sleeping. It was actually funny to hear him saying the things he was. He was talking to my Dad, Coach Meyer, and the dogs. Hopefully he will get some much needed rest the remainder of the day and night. Merry Christmas to all.
He is extremely exhausted. He has a very bad rash still not sure if it is from the chemo or if it is graft vs host disease flaring up. Dermatology was in today to take a skin biopsy so we will know more when those results are in. He does still have fluid around the back of his heart the doctors don't believe that is sending him into a fib; they think it is the infection that he is fighting. It doesn't help that he has no immune system right now but they have all the antibiotics going that they can to fight it for him. Hopefully by the end of next week into the following week his counts will start to recover to help him fight it. He was having many conversations with people last night while sleeping. It was actually funny to hear him saying the things he was. He was talking to my Dad, Coach Meyer, and the dogs. Hopefully he will get some much needed rest the remainder of the day and night. Merry Christmas to all.
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