This will be quick as I am exhausted. John is now in the coronary cardiac ICU. He called last night around 10:00pm saying his heart rate was too fast. He called back and said they were moving him and gave me to a doctor who we are not very thrilled with. So my parents and I rushed up there; by the time we got there they still had not moved him. John was very pissed off because he felt o.k. and they were making a big deal out of nothing; which was a 190 heart rate! So they finally got him to the cardiac step down which was an adventure when he is neutropenic and we are taking the full tour the Cleveland Clinic with no mask on. We were maybe on cardiac step down for an hour or little more until his blood pressure dropped so off we were to the ICU; at least we got to see the new Cleveland Clinic heart center.
There are many things that can be causing this problem. There is some fluid around his heart. First it could be lingering infection, a bleed, or stress on his heart from chemo. They don't have an answer yet. They couldn't shock him to get him back into rhythm because he has 15,000 platelets and that would not be good. They talked about taking the fluid out with a needle but it is behind his heart so they went with a chemical shock that worked throughout the night by using IV meds.
His hands and feet look absolutely horrible from chemo rash; they had extremely hard times getting the IVs in him. By around noon he was starting to stabilize he is still in ICU for the rest of tonight with a possible move back to the oncology floor tomorrow but not for certain yet. He is on 5 or 6 different antibiotics and the fluids have slowed down. He was extremely tired and was left with very good nurses.
I still made it to my ultrasound this morning. There are still identical twins that are sharing 1 yolk sack. So 1 is bigger than the other. I could see heartbeats today the 1 has a good strong heartbeat and the other is still small with a little flicker for a heartbeat. I go back again next Friday to see how they are doing. The little 1 just might fade away but I'm told with identical twins it sometimes takes 1 awhile to get going. So we will know more next week on their progress. Hopefully John gets some much needed rest the remainder of the day into the night as well as my parents and I. I will let you know of any updates.
There are many things that can be causing this problem. There is some fluid around his heart. First it could be lingering infection, a bleed, or stress on his heart from chemo. They don't have an answer yet. They couldn't shock him to get him back into rhythm because he has 15,000 platelets and that would not be good. They talked about taking the fluid out with a needle but it is behind his heart so they went with a chemical shock that worked throughout the night by using IV meds.
His hands and feet look absolutely horrible from chemo rash; they had extremely hard times getting the IVs in him. By around noon he was starting to stabilize he is still in ICU for the rest of tonight with a possible move back to the oncology floor tomorrow but not for certain yet. He is on 5 or 6 different antibiotics and the fluids have slowed down. He was extremely tired and was left with very good nurses.
I still made it to my ultrasound this morning. There are still identical twins that are sharing 1 yolk sack. So 1 is bigger than the other. I could see heartbeats today the 1 has a good strong heartbeat and the other is still small with a little flicker for a heartbeat. I go back again next Friday to see how they are doing. The little 1 just might fade away but I'm told with identical twins it sometimes takes 1 awhile to get going. So we will know more next week on their progress. Hopefully John gets some much needed rest the remainder of the day into the night as well as my parents and I. I will let you know of any updates.
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It's been about a week since I have checked on you guys. So many things going on...Please know that I send out heartfelt prayers, good Christmas wishes and lots of positive energy. And I look forward to John pedaling with the TNT cycle team in 2009!! May God's Blessing be with John and Jess and the two little ones!
Love you all,
Charley
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