Day 18 Admission Day 13 Chemo
Dear friends and family,
I'm writing from the family room on Rhoads. Bob is quite tired today. His hgb was down to 7.6 this am, so he received one unit of blood. Also, the chest x-ray that was done yesterday showed a left lower lobe infiltrate, or pneumonia. The MDs started a new antibiotic, and also an anti-fungal medication since the majority of these lung infections are fungal in nature. Bob also had a CT scan of his chest early this am to get a better look at the area of pneumonia. He has not had any more fevers, but he appears wan and fatigued. He didn't walk today, but he's still eating well. Thank God, but doesn't it figure that Bobs' appetite wouldn't be affected? So, we've had a nice quiet afternoon, chatting and napping(me in the recliner). My parents went home this am, and my niece Megan has volunteered to come and stay w/ her Aunt Reen again. I'm going to be going home soon, b/c I want to get down early tomorrow and spend the day again. I've had several invitations for Easter dinner, and my brother wanted to bring Easter dinner to Bob. Unfortunately, that's not feasible at this point, but I thank him for the thought. I'll bring Bob a platter on Monday from Toms' ham dinner.
Well, I want to get back to my guy. He just finished dinner and is just "laying with my eyes closed". At least he didn't give me the old "checking his lids for light leaks" line.
Bob and I want to wish everyone a Happy and Blessed Easter, and as always please keep us in your prayers.
All our love,
Bob and Mo
posted by mo @ 4/15/2006 05:51:00 PM
9 Comments:
hey mazzola's,
thinking of you both and wishing you a meaningful holiday. i guess it's times like this that make us pause and extract the things we normally take for granted. sheesh, i just want you to know that each bird i hear chirp tomorrow, i will appreciate the sound on your behalf. love and xo's kmm.
Dear Bob and Mo,
Easter greetings from the whole Rumsey clan. My mother is up for the weekend and as usual I am up on the computer and Mom always asks how Debbie is doing, now she has added you both into the query. She knows in a way what you are going throug and sends her love and prayers for a blessed Easter. Take care,
Love,
jean
Hey Mo and Bob,
Don't people write the sweetest things on the blog? Prayers and encouragement and recitations from the bible from our precious Bonnie and thoughts of you both fromKmm. Bob and Mo do you know how many people care and pray and think of you every day? Not to be corny but it helps to know there are lots of people sending you love all day long and you are never alone. Joe and i will be thinking of you tomorrow,. I wish i could have packed you up and taken you home with us, but the medicine you need is there. Stay strong with that positive attitude and everything will be ok. All of our prayers and positve vibes will do the rest. We love you. joe and deb
Hi Mo and Bob,
Funny I noticed my mom just posted a comment too. It's past both our bed times, but wanted to see how your day turned out. Mom had given me the news about your CT scan. I'm sorry to hear you've had to start the anti-fungal meds but hopefully they'll be able to knock it out before it becomes anything terrible. Mo, glad you have some more company at your place. You really do have great nieces. Wish we were up there for Easter this year so I could give you a big hug. Hang in there Dr. Bob and you'll be sitting at the beach sipping a different kind of medicine soon! Love you guys!
Pneumonia - damn! Hope the meds do the job as they should.
charlie
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So sorry to hear about the pneumonia.. hope the meds start kickin in soon to get rid of that! I guess this year, your colorful easter eggs will be in pill form! what a drag, but know your strong and will get through this also!! Hang in there Mazzola, you've got a great cheering squad rooting for you to be out of there soon!!take care.. mdf
Dear Bob & MO, we wish you a peaceful Easter, and continue to be blessed with the best there is for yoall and your family. We,as usual, had an Easter dinner at Carol's. You know all or most of us and we all only wish and pray the best for you and Mo. We still talk about the time we went to NEW YORK to see an opera, and after the performance, we had dinner at some little place within walking distance, and I remember how Bob took my arm so I would't trip or fall. That was the real Bob. Now its my turn to keep him from falling. Thank you dr. stay upbeat to the best of your ability. joe & stella
Happy Easter to all. I remember that 'testa' it was amazing. About cruise ships, I can e-mail the pictures, six ships in one small port--unreal. It is probably less scary one ship at a time. Keeping good thoughts for you both.
Robert,
Had the weekend duty, thought of you often. so did the nurses who still remember those famous sticky buns.
Choppered out a 40 year old lytic failure. next minute was rounding on a 98 year old who enjoyed the menu in the cmmc restaurant.
Sure are some bumpy roads here, wish we could take some of this for you.
Will look forward to those outside the window conferences.
Best to you and Mo.
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