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Please Pray for Chuck
Sharmin:
Andy,
Have you heard anything from Chuck's family today? We are all praying that he has begun to show signs of improvement.
Please give the family our best,
Sharmin
Andy Battaglia:
I heard from Chuck's wife this morning. Nothing has changed much, which can be seen as a positive, since it isn't worse.
--- Quote ---He hasn't changed significantly. They were able to do a bronchoscopy
Wednesday and we should have the results today so they can fight the
infection with the right anti-biotics. They've been treating him with a
combination of anti-s. and with the results of the culture they got during
the bronk. they should be able to home in on it more efficiently.
He still looks great; great color, etc. but he's still under and will stay
that way until there's a big improvement.
Thanks.
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Sharmin:
Thank you for the update Andy,
I am glad that things haven't gotten worse, I pray that they begin to get better now.
Sharmin
nice friend:
praying the same ,
Umair
Andy Battaglia:
On Friday, the update was not good. The doctors were afraid that Chuck had Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, which is an often fatal side effect of bone marrow transplant. I did not want to share this until the doctors were sure. Sigh of relief. I just received this message.
--- Quote ---OK, it seems it is not dah (which is NOT a good thing to have). Now they are leaning more toward Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome. Not as harsh a recovery time, and it's being treated. They've lowered his ox. dependency on the machine to 40%, and lowered the PEEP too, so hopefully, he will continue to do well on this regimen. I'll keep you updated! Thanks, Andy.
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Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome in BMT patients appears to be related to the pre-BMT conditioning with radiation treatments and can also be harsh. However, DAH is worse and Chuck is making some progress in regaining his oxygen independence.
Let's pray that Chuck continues to improve and gets through this soon.
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