Sunday is quiet

Another quiet day...Keith was feeling less well, more tired today...probably all to be expected. He was able to sleep most of last night with the continued assistance of pain meds. Early this morning his blood work indicated that his platelets had dipped to 75,000 (we've been there before!) and he received a small transfusion. He has been stable today. We are not quite sure why the platelets dipped so low - most likely this was a result of the week of chemo followed by the surgery.

Keith was also given an MRI today - we will get the read out tomorrow. This MRI will be both a glimpse into how he is doing post surgery as well as our baseline for the next chunk of work we will be doing to reduce the remaining tumor.

Notwithstanding the platelet issue, from a "post surgery" perspective we passed a number of milestones today: the vancomycin cycle was completed last night, the oxygen tube was removed this morning, several of the IV "lines" put in place during the surgery were removed, and the foley catheter was also removed. Also for the first time since surgery, Keith sat up in a chair and walked a few steps - that is a big accomplishment.

Finally, ta..da...we moved out of ICU this evening and onto the 6th floor of the hospital for further recuperation. This means that the team is comfortable that he is mending well and no longer needs the close care offered in the ICU. We are now in room 638; you can ring the nurse's station at 323 783-8151 to see how he is doing. Again there is a land line in the room, but it remains a mystery how/when it works!