Final post for today, the doctor has yet to make it back to Bo tonight, but I am sure he will be there later. Special prayer should be said for Dr. Davis's family and the sacrifices they make to heal others in their times of need. Bo had a pretty calm day today, throughout the day they worked on his fever, it is still high but hopefully coming down soon. They say it isn't uncommon for fevers to happen and considering what Bo has been through, not surprising. This is not good either, but they are running labs on him which we should have to results tomorrow sometime and hopefully will be able to treat. They gave him some medicine for blood clots that we in his shoulder and when releasing the medicine fluid came out. We can only hope and pray that this will take care of the fluid in Bo's left lung and he will not have to endure another surgery. We will know more tomorrow, of course.
Our obstacles for tomorrow are that Bo's platelet count is really low, it didn't go down today, but we really need to get those numbers up. Bo's kidneys have also taken a toll and are not performing as well as they would like, but they cannot put him on dialysis until they figure out what is the matter with his hand. They ran a HIT test to see if he is having a rare "allergic" reaction to the Heperin, a blood thinning medicine. Once they figure that out then they will know a better more aggressive way to treat his kidneys without hopefully loosing his hand. His hand is still really sick, but they are waiting for the test results to see if they can do anything to help it out. In the grand scheme of things the hand isn't as important than his ability to breathe with the new lungs. I know we will all love him no matter what. Also tomorrow Bo is undergoing the procedure of putting a trach in and taking out the breathing tube from his mouth. He is still requiring a ventilator that is the reason for the trach and they will also put a feeding tube as well. This isn't something that is permanent, but necessary for right now.
Everyone is always warning us that this will be an up and down procedure full of bumps, but I sure do pray for the day I do not take up a page of problems. For those still reading our recap of goals for tomorrow is
1) Platelet count needs to go up, this will allow more flexibility in treating Bo and how he reacts to drugs needed
2) Kidney Function - Bo needs to be clearing more of the toxins
3) An uneventful Trach and feeding tube procedure - Plus pray that they do not need to open him up to get the fluid out of his left lung
4) His hand - Please let him not have HIT
Thank you everyone for their love and concern, I sure hope Bo doesn't drag this out any longer, I sure would hate to loose anyone of you out there. I promise drinks are on me when this is done, we at least a coke
Love Christi
5) Also that I can get my Addi girl up here all the time...