Dr. Hedari September 6th

We saw Dr. Hedari today. He asked that I not record the session but did say he would talk directly to any of you if you wanted.  He did have the cultures on the parencetisis and said they were negative.  We notified him of the changes in Dad's treatment regimen which was the switch to Zyvoxx oral and moving the Zosyn to every 8 hours.  He concurred with those moves to the benefit of Dad's kidneys  and he wants to continue on this protocal.  We see him in one week.

He did not have the blood results and gave Jim an order to take back to Rosewood.

We asked about the chemo option and he is of the opinion that the first chemo treatment allowed the infection to move into Dad's skull.  He said it was very dangerous to do chemo on Dad.  Jim and I expressed our initial thoughts of chemo and then described our observations of Dad after the first chemo treatment and how well Dad seemed to do.  I asked if he would call Dr. Nguyen to get his thoughts and, to our surprise he left the exam room, spoke with Dr. Nguyen, and came back to report that we should wait until we get the results of the PET scan before we make any decisions on chemo.  He told us that the chemo Dr. Nguyen would use would definetely supress Dad's immune system.

Dad was in fair spirits today.  They did discontinue the Lexapro as it has interactions with the Zoysn.  He appears to me to be getting weaker and weaker.  Just standing up is a chore for him.  Although he did have physical therapy before the appointment and may have just been worn out.  His face looks mildly better to me and Dr. Hedari said that nerve would not likely heal and more than it has to this point.

Oh, a couple of things:  Dad's weight was 160.4 and BP was 110/70

Maybe Jim will have some thoughts...