Monday, November 19, 2007
Monday November 19th
Stan's GVHD is very persistent. The doctor feels that it will take Stan's body another 2 weeks at least to fight this. In the mean time,his steroids have been increased and his arms and legs are swollen. The antibiotics have also been increased so he won't "catch' anything else. Almost all of his medications are IV now because of the sores in his mouth (I thought they looked a little better today) and now Stan is receiving IV "ATP" (which is protein because he is unable to eat much food because his mouth and whole digestive tract are sore). Also ,he is on 24 hour IV morphine--to try to ease the pain of the GVHD--the doctor said tonight that the best thing Stan can do for now is to sleep so his body can try to repair itself. The morphine does help with that. So, I spend alot of time holding his hand and watching him sleep.(again,though,there is no involvement of his organs--they do blood and urine samples several times a day to watch this--so that much we are thankful for).
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Hello Leslie & Stan: You and Stan are enduring so much right now, my heart goes out to you both. I'll continue to keep you in my thoughts and prayers during this Thanksgiving holiday. Take care.....Becky Giumarra
Stan and Leslie: Rest is the best thing Stan can do right now. The doctors are correct in stating that. Know that you are both in our prayers. The womens monday night DFL class prayed for you both last night and we will continue to pray every week. Thank you for updating the blog so we don't have to bother you.
Blessings, Donna W.
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