Dad

We just got back from Salt Lake, visiting Dad and taking Hannah to the doctor.  Dad looks amazing!  He walks around the hospital, (because he gets really antsy sitting in bed).  He’ll walk for 40 minutes or more.  He just had major abdominal surgery 3 days ago!  The nurses keep telling him that he doesn’t look sick enough to be in ICU.  He’s still there because he got a fever.  Once the fever’s been gone for 24 hours, he can be moved to a different room.  Although, they did bump him down from ICU status to just below it.  (I can’t remember what they called it.)  They are going to try to start the radiation treatments while he’s in the hospital.  It should take 10-20 treatments.

I’m so excited at how well he’s doing!  One nurse even suggested that if Dad continues to do this well, he may be able to come home Saturday or Sunday!  Way to go Dad!

Hannah’s appointment went as expected.  Dr. Patel said that he’s not sure that her problem is gastrointestinal.  He said he feels bad that he hasn’t done anything to help her.  Yet, he’s done more than any doctor she’s seen yet.  We think it may actually be a problem with her kidneys, maybe even her parathyroid.  I asked him to test her for hyperparathyroidism.  And, he is sending a referral to a nephrologist, and we will go from there…