Long story short - last night the nurse confirmed that they were tapering Dad down on steroids (from 24mg to 18mg yesterday, down to 12mg today). Well, the admitting doctor (our oncologist that we LOVE) was not happy about that, so he was going to make sure that Dad was still on the high dose, but look to get him away from IV steroids and back to pills in the next several days if at all possible.
He also said that he was NOT going to discharge from the hospital for several days, likely next week to a rehab facility (either in-patient or separate like Brookstone). Bottom line - Dad is not ready to get out yet. He also is going to talk to the neurosurgeons about adding some low dose blood thinners back into the mix (lovenox) to start battling these blood clots now that the bleed in his head is stopped.
This afternoon and tonight Dad seemed stronger and a bit better color. He made it even walking (with a LOT of help) from the bed to the door and back to bed with PT today. Grandson Dillon came up tonight as well. Went STRAIGHT for the ice cream freezer on the floor and helped himself (and Grandpa) to some ice cream. Dad perked up a bit when he was there, which was good to see.
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Mary:
Still no word from Mayos? I had hoped you would have heard from them. Please tell Rog we're all thinking of him and he is in our prayers, daily. Wish we were closer to give you and Jan some relief. About all we can do is pray and we;re doing plenty of that. Let us know when Rog might be up for a call and how to reach him. God Bless--Pat
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