Wednesday, April 27, 2005

My dad's update

Well, Dean went to the New London hospital Monday morning for more tests. He got there at 7 a.m. and they couldn't find his orders. Turns out when they made the appointment for him, they forgot to tell him the tests were scheduled at Appleton Medical Center Hospital! So, the tests were rescheduled for Tuesday. He spent all morning Tuesday at the hospital undergoing some more nuclear medicine tests called a GI Bleed. That testing didn't show anything abnormal either. This is certainly puzzling. It's good that they are not finding anything bad. It's just a frustrating process trying to get to the root of the problem.

There is another type of test they want to do which would involve Dean swallowing a tiny camera. Not sure when that will be scheduled yet.

His hemoglobin is slowly coming up to close to normal levels. Two weeks ago it was at 12.9, then last week it dropped to 12.6 and this week it's all the way up to 13.1 So that is a very good sign even though he is still having bleeding issues.

Just a quick update to let everyone know what's been happening.

Hope all is well with everyone!

Leona

2 Comments:

Blogger hopeful said...

Hi.

I just found your blog today, and haven't read your Dad's details, but I saw the comment about bleeding, and the test where he swallows a camera.
The similarities sound very close, so I thought I would share.

My Dad, who had always been in really good health, suddenly became tired, short of breath, weak and pale. It turns out that he was passing some blood. They couldn't find the source until they had him swallow a camer, which took images all the way through his entire system.

He had a tiny little tumor in his intestinal system, which, when pulled by matter that was passing through, was tearing ever so slightly, causing the bleeding. (I think I have those facts straight.)
They were able to locate the tumor easily, and removed it without full incision, taking it by scope instead. He was out of the hospital in a few days, and is doing fine. The biopsy showed that everything was clear, and he has made a full recovery.

I wish you and your Dad the best of luck. I will be thinking of you.

Peace,

~j

12:10 PM  
Blogger Jaxson said...

Thanks so much for that information! My mom printed off your message so my dad could check it out when he got home. Maybe that will help the doctors! It's amazing that it's so hard to find where someone is loosing blood. At least now he's relatively stable. When he went to the hospital his count was around 4.6!

Thank you again, and I hope your father remains well. :-)

9:11 AM  

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