Still here

Leo's had a bunch of tests this weekend to see what caused the drop in his counts and the fever that he's having. The initial diagnosis is that he has pneumonia. They have ruled out TB which is good. He had a broncoscopy today to determine exactly what's going on. a broncoscopy is basically when they take a camera and put it down your throat to see what's going on. While they are in there, they also slice a small part of the inflamed tissue for testing. We should hear back from those tests by tomorrow. The one thing that the doctors noticed is that the inflamed areas that they've seen in his lungs via the x-rays are the blood vessels. If that is the case, they are considering whether his central line may be infected. If so, then they will have to remove his line. But that determination hasn't been made yet.

His counts haven't come up yet and his fever still comes back now and again when the Tylenol wears off. He's had several transfusions since he's been here, so I've started my platelet donations again. Did my first round this afternoon and will go back again every 3 days. So again, if anyone has the time to spare and can make a donation for Leo, that would be great. :)

I will continue to post as information develops.