Tuesday, April 1, 2008

Are We In Or Are We Out?

Well Today is April 1st and we are Day 47 Post. Matt was discharged on Sunday from Children's Hospital. Yeah!!! Our first appointment was with SCCA Monday morning at 7:45, we ended up being at SCCA till 4:00 Monday then a quick trip back to Children's Hospital by ambulance. No Joke! Not a April Fools Prank. Yes we are back at the hospital. Matt was feeling poorly at SCCA and his blood pressure went down to 77/46. The team tryed to stabilize it but couldn't so here we are. They since have taken Matt off all his blood pressure Meds and he seems to be doing better. He also has been tested for another infection results still pending.
To tell you all again how susceptible Matt is to infection, The team came in today to tell us that Matt is still in ISO which means isolation. The reason this time is that he is showing positive cultures for influenza. Now Matt is showing NO signs of the flu but it is still in his body, so now he needs to wear gloves, gown and a mask every wear even on out patient visits. This virus is air born and immune supressed patients don't have ANY IMMUNITIES to fight off anything for 1 whole year! Matt could have picked it up in a elevator on his way to xray or anything. Matt will have to be really closely watched when we get out of here that we don't expose him to anything!!! Every ones honesty on there health will be greatly appreciated on the outside because we would hate to be sent back to the hospital for something that could be so easily avoided.
Hopefully we will get all this blood pressure and infection problems straightened out this week so we can get out of here again soon. Other than this little blip Matt is doing really quite well, and is taking all of his Med's and off all pain Med's. The transplant is working well and Matt is getting stronger everyday! Thanks for all the support everyone has given. You all have great and Matt see's that there are people out there that are really good and that do really care. God bless you all!! The Yantzers

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