Reggie is home and resting peacefully.
Wow! Just yesterday morning they were asking me how much effort I wanted to put into keeping him alive. That was when they suspected leukemia or cancer. Once those were eliminated, and the focus shifted to severe pancreatitis and bad infection, his chances improved, but they are still shocked at how much better he got today.
He's off the IV. I've been giving him about a teaspoon of food every half hour to see if he can hold down food since he hasn't eaten since Monday. He's taken a few of his medicines in pill form instead of via the IV. If he starts throwing up or gets worse again, he'll have to go back on the IV. Many of his liver, kidney and pancreas counts are still high, but not off the chart like they were earlier. He's been peppy and happy, and is now sound asleep.
He's pretty weak and can't jump into his favorite chairs, which annoys him. And more seriously, his liver is so swollen it is pressing against his heart. He'll be on anti-biotics for a while. They also noticed a lump near one of his shoulders, but we didn't get really get to explore that. And his voice is raspy.
I don't know the long-, or even, short-term effects of all of this, but right now he is miraculously better! Thanks for all your comments and emails!
In other news, the HVAC people were so late and I had to leave at 5:00, so they only installed the furnace and will have to come back to re-connect the humidifier and install the a/c. This is rather annoying. I've also noticed that there is a high pitched noise coming out of one of the cold air returns that was never there before. They'll have to fix that. It also makes a humming noise when it isn't running. You have to be in the utility room to hear this, but shouldn't it be completely silent when it isn't running? Does anybody have a similar issue?
I hope Reggie and I can sleep through the night. We're both exhausted. We need a quiet weekend...lately that hasn't happened, but maybe this time.
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