DAY 52

D'S DAY: OK

Dopey's having a rather quiet peaceful day today. Ran a low-grade fever earlier in the day which came down early afternoon, pooed twice (v greenish loose stools), feeding 20 ml every 2-hrly via tube and keeping them down except for the 4pm feed which includes the 2 new oral meds for TB. Yesterday's CT scan shows that his brain nodule has decreased slightly, lung nodules as well, no problems with the right neck, liver and spleen which we had concerns about. Positive news, but slightly disappointing as I was hoping to hear that the nodules have cleared up after two weeks of antibiotics. ID and Hema/Onco teams thus ordered some changes in meds Now he's on: IV Fortum, IV Amphoteracin, IV Amikacin, 2 TB orals, plus his daily iron and multi-vits. His left butt sore seems to have worsen, looks really painful - guess that's why docs ordered the TB meds. His 24-hr blood culture has shown negative for infections, hope it stays the same. Potassium (K) level: 2.8, will have another dose of KCI. Didn't have to hurt him except for a heel prick today to test for K level.