by Ty Davison | Nov 4, 2005 | News & Commentary
Dr. Sheppard, a chief surgeon at OHSU, operated on my dad last night from 9:30 to 11:30. I spoke with him at 11:45 PM. The surgery was more successful than we’d hoped, and Dr. Sheppard, who has performed these procedures many times, believes that if all goes...
by Ty Davison | Nov 2, 2005 | News & Commentary
They were finally able yesterday to get Dad off of the respirator and the dialysis machine. By late yesterday/early this morning they felt comfortable enough to do a CT scan (which is hard on the kidneys) to see what was going on inside. The results were not...
by Ty Davison | Oct 31, 2005 | News & Commentary
Though still very ill, Dad continues his slow improvement. Over the weekend, they were able to reduce or eliminate the medications he received, his fever lessened, his heart rate stayed regular, and his kidney function started to return to normal. Today they were able...
by Ty Davison | Oct 29, 2005 | News & Commentary
I’m not sure I’ve made the timeline of events with my Dad clear, so let me present it here. In terms of symptoms and presentation, I’ll be quoting heavily from the Merck Manual (http://www.merck.com/mrkshared/mmanual/section3/chapter26/26b.jsp) since...
by Ty Davison | Oct 29, 2005 | News & Commentary
Overnight news was somewhat mixed, but trending well by late morning. Dad is still very sick, of course, but at least some of the symptoms are being more successfully treated. His heart rate this morning came down a bit into the 75-90 range, which is a nice contrast...
