Day +24-Another day in the Hospital

Nurse Diane cares for Deb

Deb had platelets for breakfast...well, even before breakfast! She actually had a handful of dry Frosted Flakes with half a banana. Right now she is sitting upright in a recliner inhaling steaming water which is calming her reflux fit.

The purpose of coming into the hospital 24/7 instead of continuing our daily outpatient scheme is to lick the multiple irregular life functions like electrolytes, fevers, etc. The targeted treatments led by the hospitalists (doctors who specialize in hospital care) and cared out by the nurses is seeing results.

Over at the coffee break room I ran into a classmate whose wife has been here since January! Hopefully we will be out in a few more days. There is a 30 day eval scheduled with Dr van Rhee. Then we hope to head home for a month.

In my day job as well as with my hobbies, I deal with electronics and their foibles. Here caring for Deb, a new electronic issue is haunting me: Her fancy electronic hospital bed has a "Err3" code. Anyone? Should I reboot it?

As with previous days here in the hospital, I may make multiple posts throughout the day if warranted.

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Update:11:20am

The nurse and doc were just in. Deb spiked a fever to 101.9 degrees and they want to know why. Deb is  on some very powerful drugs and 'loses words.' Doc says this is normal with the drugs, but it sure is strange to me. In 38 years of marriage, Deb has seldom had a loss of words.

Docs says the anti-viral drug can take up to 2 weeks to finish off infections. Hope this one goes faster! This little hospital mattress isn't that comfy, although the view is great, and the middle-of-the night company is interesting! How can they be some chatty at 3 am?

Blessings !

White Count-(Normal range=3.0-12.0) below 2 is neutrapenic and indicates Deb's vulnerability for infection.
Platelets -(Normal range 150-500)a whitish colored component of blood. Low platelets=higher Woozy factor!
CRP -(Normal range = 0.0-10) An indicator of relative health. Lower is better. When the number creeps up, Deb could be getting sick.

Day  White Count  Platelets  CRP

0         0.04               29              12.8
1         0.07               15              77.0
2         0.03               42            140.3
3         0.07               27            144.1
4         0.23               52            206.0
5         1.21               33            168.2
6         2.32               26            214.0
7         2.29               11            209.3
8         2.84               25            230.2
9         2.32               12            234.1
10       2.66               24            220.1
11       2.50               15            196.0
12       2.54               28            186.0
13       1.98               18            181.0
14       1.22               28            199.9
15       0.95               20            138.6
16       0.83               32            129.4

17       0.86               22            121.4

18       0.70               12            110.3 

19       0.55                9             159.2

20       0.75              14             162.9

21       0.36              26             127.9

22      0.53              13              86.2

23      0.34              28             59.6 

24     0.29               14              95.8