Sunday, April 15, 2007

4/15 Status Report

Jacob had a pretty quiet night. He had his last methadone treatment yesterday afternoon, and slept pretty much through the night. For a hospital patient, that means that he was able to fall asleep after the constant interruptions that take place each hour (blood taking, respiratory therapy, medications given through several orifices, changing of the "hospital pants", position adjustments, etc.) Unlike the previous few days, he seems to be having less painful tremor side effects from the drugs. He's just plain zonked now.

When he's awake, he's still non-responsive. Our hope is that the drug effects wear off soon --before Mommy and Daddy lose their minds in a sea of self-doubt.

On the other hand, he looks much better than previously. He's got some color and his breathing sounds pretty. No kidney action yet. He's got a hemodialysis session scheduled for tomorrow. Through all of this, he's got at least one loose tooth. I presume that once this is all over, the tooth fairy's going rate will increase exponentially (just like all of the other traps that his overcompensating parents will fall into).

We'd like him to rest as long as possible to recharge his batteries, so any visits today should be in the afternoon (4:00p.m. to 9:00p.m.).

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

Question for Dr. Alex:
Is the HUS with TTP features sufficient to justify DAILY plasmapheresis?

Anonymous said...

Dear Jen; Larry & Jacob:

Prayers and Thoughts are with all of you.

Jared is praying very hard for Jacob to recover soon. He wants to know which Yugio DVD to get Jacob?

Love and Prayers,

Anne; Michael & Jared Orenstein

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