Saturday, December 10, 2011

Progress.....

It's a good thing humans reproduce blood at a quick rate because it sure feels like Brent has "donated" a lot of it as of late. The majority of the blood tests are coming back normal (no infections or viruses show up), so that leaves the Dr's to believe that one or more of the 28 pills (really its only 11 different medications) Brent takes every day is causing the drop in blood pressure when he stands (makes him dizzy at times) as well as the fatigue. The fevers are still a mystery, but they too may be a side effect of one of the meds. Brent has had 2 of the meds stopped and time will tell if this was the right move.  He is feeling pretty good, all things considered, so it sounds like this hospital stay won't be a long one (and according to the Dr, home by December 31st is still on target).