Hospital Update (Susan)
Brian was hospitalized on Tuesday for dehydration, following five days of fever related to pneumonia. I'll let him write his story when he returns home, but he did make a big production in the waiting room and passed out, causing the bigwig doctor to come running to revive him. So they put him back in the hospital.
The doctors have spent the last couple of days figuring out why Brian's recovery has been so slow going. They found an abscess (not absolutely confirmed yet, but most probable - apparently it takes hours, sometimes days to get CT reports) in the right lung near the pneumonia. An abscess is a pocket of fluid caused by infection. The pulmonary specialist explained his theory on the slow recovery. He suspects that tumor is blocking a normal blood flow, which limits the amount of antibiotic that reaches the infection. Their first strategy is to up the anitbiotic to a high dose, hoping that enough will get to the infection and clear it up. They will watch it until Monday. Please pray that this works, because if it doesn't, we enter into a big unknown zone, which could mean another surgery or something else. This is not necessarily a life-threatening issue, but it is much more difficult than first thought.
Also, it looks like he may have to discontinue the experimental chemo treatment. This has not been confirmed, and we ask you to boldly pray that he may continue.
We find our faith growing daily as we continue to see God's hand in our lives.
And pray he comes home soon. I don't quite have the wit for the blog.
Love to all,
Susan
The doctors have spent the last couple of days figuring out why Brian's recovery has been so slow going. They found an abscess (not absolutely confirmed yet, but most probable - apparently it takes hours, sometimes days to get CT reports) in the right lung near the pneumonia. An abscess is a pocket of fluid caused by infection. The pulmonary specialist explained his theory on the slow recovery. He suspects that tumor is blocking a normal blood flow, which limits the amount of antibiotic that reaches the infection. Their first strategy is to up the anitbiotic to a high dose, hoping that enough will get to the infection and clear it up. They will watch it until Monday. Please pray that this works, because if it doesn't, we enter into a big unknown zone, which could mean another surgery or something else. This is not necessarily a life-threatening issue, but it is much more difficult than first thought.
Also, it looks like he may have to discontinue the experimental chemo treatment. This has not been confirmed, and we ask you to boldly pray that he may continue.
We find our faith growing daily as we continue to see God's hand in our lives.
And pray he comes home soon. I don't quite have the wit for the blog.
Love to all,
Susan
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We are praying for you and Brian, and our church is praying for you both as well. Matthew and I wish so much that we lived there at this time so that we might help in logistical ways. In the meantime, we will hold you, Brian and the boys up before God in prayer.
Under the mercy,
Genna Pearson