Tuesday PM Update

Today was a little challenging. Dad slept through most of it. We woke him up at lunch time to get up and walk the halls and eat his lunch. He wasn't cooperating too well until we reminded him of his nauseasness from last night and then he said, "No, I don't want to go through that again." He walked and tried really hard to keep his eyes open while mom helped him eat his lunch. He looked up at the clock once he was fully awake and realized it was almost 1pm and said, "It's already 1 o'clock? Where have I been all day?"

They did the nuclear med scan on his kidneys this afternoon and we are hoping for good results from the nephrologist tomorrow.

Mom's update: "Dr Patel came in and told us that Bruce's white blood cell count is high. It was 12,000 when admitted and went down to 8,000. It is now back to up to 12,000 (9,000 is normal). He had more blood work done and because his blood pressure is down they had a hard time getting it drawn. There were three people who tried (very painful). He was taken to have a nuclear test and then again for a chest X ray.We are hoping that some of these tests bring good news in the am."

Ambrea's update: "Dad was feeling good tonight and his blood pressure was 110's/60's." We've discovered this past week that 8-10pm is dad's "happy hour."

I (Chelsea) flew back home to AZ this afternoon and Darin will fly back to North Carolina in the morning. Ambrea, Cameron, and Nicholas all live in Pueblo near mom and dad and have been helping as much as they can.

We will post some pictures of Dad tomorrow.