It's been 6 whole weeks since Jimmie had his right kidney removed and he has made tremendous progress, so much progress that his surgeon actually released him earlier this week. Hmmmm. . . . Does that remove the "No Housework" restriction? Jimmie has tried to convince me that the doctor meant that one as a life-time taboo, but I don't think so.
Yesterday's chest X-ray showed that Jimmie does have some pneumonia in the bottom of his lungs. That was a surprise. His lungs partially collapsed during the surgery in November so he has been puffing on that breathing machine ever since, as instructed. He has exceeded the target set by the doctor and not had any congestion or other problems so we really thought he had managed to bypass that hazard. But apparently not. He goes to the pulmonologist next week for follow-up.
Today's blood work was also disappointing because Jimmie's hemoglobin has dropped once more despite the iron pills he has been faithfully swallowing again for the past 2 weeks. So today's chemo was followed by an iron infusion.
But the good news - no mouth sores yet!
- Linda
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