June 20th

Greetings all!! So, we just returned from Dr. Rabinov's office.. she said dad had a stubborn abscess  ( a pus pocket was her medical term) ... she lanced it and pus came out (yuk!).  It bled, but Dad said it didn't hurt. Because of the abscess, she wants to keep him on the anti-biotics for at least another round... She took a tissue sample and sent it out for a culture and will have the results when he goes for his visit next WED June 27th at 4:15 pm.  

She suspects this abscess may be the original culprit of the infection.

As for blood results:  and in a quick comparison to the results from last week:

WBC 5.6 - down a little, but still in the normal range

RBC 3.11  - up a bit.. but still low

Hemoglobin 9.9  down a smidgen and still low

Hematocrit 30.1  down an even smaller smidgen (30.2 last time)  but still low

 

I have scanned the full results pages and am including them here.  

Dad was bummed, but okay.. knowing he had to have the picc line in anyway.. And I told him, Dr. Rose indicated that if the infection is completely clear when she sees him next week, she will likely only recommend the picc line stay in for another week, so I relayed that to Dad, and he felt mubh better... I told him I would pass the info on to Jim, so he could remind Dr. Rose next week at their next visit.... ;-)