8 days Post- Transplant (2)

Sorry for the break! Reba here, I went to the NJ shore for a few days where our sons were staying with my (almost) entire maternal family t0 help celebrate their 7th birthday on Tuesday. We got lots of hugs and love from my aunts, uncles, cousins, brother, and mom.
It was very replenishing for my spirit to see everybody in a place I spent many summers growing up- LBI, and to see Simon and Matias having fun and being loved by my family. But, I was anxious being far from Mitch and not seeing him for a few days. So, I am glad to be back with him now.
Gayle held up the fort at the hospital with Mitch. He did well this week, walking more, got a chest tube out, had a bronch done.
Today, though, he is not so good. He is feeling overall bad- not breathing as well- the cultures they took showed growth of infection growing and some junk in the lungs. His xray looked different and his white blood cell count is up, so they did a CT scan of the thoracic region/abdomen to see if there is anything to pay attention to, learn about, and treat.
He is tired, has bad pain in lower abdomen, more pain in incision/sternum area because epidural is out, and has different pains and abnormalities that do not permit much sleeping/rest.
He had a visit from the neurologists who did a full exam in response to possible nerve damage of brachial plexus during surgery causing numbness and weakness in his right bicep, arm, and hand. They will do a more thorough testing in about a week.
More information when available... Mitch says he will try and blog tomorrow or Sunday.
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