Monday, April 26, 2010

Not such an easy weekend

The next step was supposed to be blood test on Monday morning and that is now done, but at the same time I had to leave Jan Arne at the hospital. His stomach has been quite sore at times at the weekend, moving around and especially getting up from or lying down to chair or bed has been painful, and last night he had close to 39 C fever. The fever came down and his temperature was normal this morning at the hospital, but they are still suspecting there may be some infection somewhere or that the stent they installed (so heard at the hospital today that they did indeed put in a stent) may have dislocated itself and now causes pain. At least there seems to be an infection so they have hooked him up with some IV antibiotics now. Liver values have not come down much either so I wonder if it means the stent is not working ok or if they just come down that slowly.

So there he is again, turning into a hospital pro very fast, as in the morning he only took with him his toothbrush and a charger for his Nokia E71... Hospital provides medication, food, clothes, bed and linen, and a TV in the room, so I guess that's all you need. I'm anyway glad he's there as it's easier for them to keep an eye on him and take a look into his stomach if need be (looking for the sailing stent), and their storage of antibiotics is better than mine as well. Let's hope things are ok and he will get his next dose of chemo/antibody soon. Kids will be disappointed he is not here when they get home from daycare but good luck grandma came here to entertain them, and to cook (good luck for me).

2 comments:

Strawbale Builders said...

Hi Jan & Marjo,

Our thoughts and prayers are with you all at this challenging time. Here's hoping for easier times ahead..

What you've had to deal with during the last two years makes our mere task of building a house seem like a picnic ;-)

Take care,
Peter, Hanna & Benjamin (Australia)

Katherine said...

Our thought are with you from Portugal too.
With Very Best Wishes,
Katherine, Lucas, Elina and Jonathan (The Roses)