Updates

Hi everyone-sorry it's taken a while to update. I feel badly when so many people are asking for updates and I can't talk to each of you personally. Thanks first of all to everyone that's been asking how Leo's doing and showing their concern. We do appreciate it, just don't always have the chance to say it to each of you.

So a lot has happened since Leo was admitted on Friday. Most of the weekend was spent stabilizing Leo as his blood pressure when he came in was dangerously low. I knew it was bad on Friday morning when Leo told me that he needed to be admitted. But he's been feeling better since he's been in. Still not spectacular, since he still gets quite dizzy and is very unstable. So on Sunday, one of the ENT's came in a stuck a camera down Leo's nose, as the sinusitis that he was diagnosed with a couple weeks ago has not subsided. (the following might be TMI, so skip forward a couple sentences if you're easily grossed out) They found a HUGE, ummmmm growth (that's the best way I could describe bugar) that was bloody and crusty and basically trying to set up a permanent home on the inside of Leo's nose. I was mesmerized watching the video. I swear, the thing was almost the size of my pinky. It was really gross. So after about 5 different tools were used, the doctor finally got it out and Leo's been breathing much better since. That was probably the only "good" thing that happened since our stay here.

So today, Leo had a procedure to stick a camera down his throat to see what's going on in his stomach and why he's having so many issues. They found some internal bleeding and had to seal those points off to try to stop the bleeding. They don't know exactly where the bleeding was coming from, but they think they were able to stop it. He is actually going to have the same procedure tomorrow so they can make sure that the bleeding was stopped and determine the source of the bleeding. This bleeding is the reason that the blood transfusions he's been getting have not been holding. When he came in, they gave him 4 units of blood and have been giving him a couple units each day, but his counts haven't been holding. In addition to the bleeding, Leo has tested positive for a colon infection, which we were told is likely from the string of anti-biotics that he's taking. So they have to switch up his meds a bit to help treat that. Finally, other tests they performed showed that his sinusitis has gotten worse from what it was just a couple weeks ago. This would explain the pressure and dizziness that he's been feeling. So right now, it seems like all these conditions are snowballing and the team here at the hospital is trying to attack each ailment as it comes. The other good piece of news is that despite all this, Leo's white blood count has gone up to 4.0, which is great considering everything that's happening. So we'll take that piece of good news.

I guess that's about it for now (that's more than enough if you ask me). I will update tomorrow as well when the results of his tests come in. Thanks again to everyone for their prayers and support. We love you guys!