Patience is a virtue, so us Farwell's must becoming pretty virtuous I guess. Dad had another rough day mixed with good and not so good events. On the down side, the infection he has been battling appears to have originated in his PICC line. It was due for removal tomorrow so they stepped it up a day and pulled it this afternoon. The only real downer to this is that he'll be back on an IV for other meds, but its not a show-stopper. Hopefully he'll start to rebound a bit after this. He was short of breath again this morning, but all his vitals are still looking strong, so it's being chalked up to his fluid retention and battling the infection. He was pretty much wiped the whole day so mom stayed home and chatted with him off an on. She'll be trekking out there again tomorrow. Please pray that she finds him with more energy and feeling better.
On the plus side, his white blood cell count this morning was at 2.5. That's quadruple what it was yesterday which is a great sign. Despite fighting an infection, his body is making white blood cells again and showing signs of getting back on-line in terms of blood production. Pray that this continues to trend up for him. If you put things in perspective and consider all that he has going, I would be exhausted too.
Anyway, thats all I have for today. Hope tomorrow brings better tidings.
Peace,
Ron2
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