Update: Strange Days

Hello bloggers- its Reba. I have not been active for a while. I have been coasting on the easy train for the past few weeks since the stints went in. No worries, all smiles...breathing well.
However, things have gotten strange the past few days. Mitch was admitted to the hospital in UNC this morning. It is curious at this point. Let me fill you in...
He got his first cold since the transplant about a week ago. The symptoms were runny nose, sore throat, and fever. Then soon a cough, and then after a few days, a deeper, more productive cough which hurt his chest. Fever went away on Friday but came back on Sunday afternoon or Monday... he was in touch with the nurse coordinator and drs and due to come down this week (appointment scheduled Wednesday). He seemed OK, until the cough got deeper, and then he started to look bright and white in the face, and weak-looking. He was coughing like he had CF again(which I know.. he does still have CF, its just i let myself forget since has been feeling so well, normal). His appetite was down just in the last day. He was very tired by Tuesday when he had to drive down. On Saturday night, after a coughing fit- in the middle of the night he sat up in bed and said, "i think i have a stint in my throat." He said it felt like a painful lump was in his throat and he imagined the stint had come loose and was lodged in his windpipe-
He of course, shared all this with the transplant team, he drives down on Tuesday, stopping for naps, etc.,
Wednesday morning is the appointment (today) and they do xray- stints are still in their places but there is something on the xray-a spot on an area of his right lung which makes them order a CT scan and admit him. While he is waiting for the CT scan, he begins to feel sweaty and weak, and starts throwing up. He says he threw up about 5 times. They don't know now what is going on- there have been many things mentioned from H1N1 , acute organ rejection, food poisoning, flu, Stomach virus, etc. Of course they ordered a bunch of diagnostic tests to figure it out.

The CT scan showed a nodule or something in the right lung which is most likely an infection. So now he is on every antibiotic and anti-fungal known to man before they do the OR bronchoscopy tomorrow and/or get the results back from some of the tests to try to figure out what the deal is.
I will keep you posted!
If anyone is nearby Chapel Hill please visit him- he is alone down there this time.