5:45pm: Denny is home from the hospital. He is feeling much better. He still has an abscess under his cheekbone so he will be going to the Dentist first thing in the morning. The doctors feel that his tooth should be pulled in order for the antibiotic to be able to work at full efficiency.
The big question remains as to whether he will be able to keep the the final chemo schedule. We are supposed to leave for St. Louis on Aug. 29th for his treatment to begin on Aug. 30th. He will see our primary care doc on Friday who will make the determination as to whether he is up to the final round. If the incision and infection have not healed sufficiently, the the chemo will have to be delayed. The doctors in St. Louis say the infection has priority right now..then the chemo. I will post to the blog as soon as I have any new info.
Thanks for all your thoughts and prayers. Please keep them coming!
6:30am: Denny is still in the hospital at Vanderbilt. I stayed with him until about 7pm last night. He had a pocket of infection up under his right cheekbone that kept swelling. The docs ordered a CAT scan to see what it was and they identified it as an abscess. They had to go up under his gum line; make an incision and drain it. The antibiotics should be able to work better now. He was on pain medicine and resting comfortably last night. There was talk that he would be released today. I will post later with more details. Thanks for checking in.
Love to all,
Deb
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Sounds as if the doctors are taking every precaution with Denny. That's what we want. Take care of each other, and keep us posted. Still praying. Love, Gene and Helen
ReplyDeleteOh poor Denny, I hate to hear his has that abcess and going to have to have the tooth pulled....I am sure this is just a bump in the road and he will heal fast. We will be praying for you Denny!
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