First of all, let me clarify - Peter was not admitted back into Duke hospital - I'm sorry if I wasn't specific enough in my postings. He was recalled to the Adult Bone Marrow Transplant (ABMT) clinic which is the clinic we have been going to at Duke since he was discharged from the hospital.
Now that that is clear, I hope, we are back in Wilmington. We went to the clinic yesterday, they drew blood and said all looked good, so we could leave and come back again the next day (Sunday). They were not planning on making any changes in meds until after the biopsy results came back on Tues. or Wed. After thinking about it for a moment, I went and spoke to the nurse practicioner and reminded her that Peter had not kept food down for a week nor had he taken his meds since Wed. and didn't they want to do something about this? I reminded them that the problem started just 2-3 days after the prednisone was discontinued and asked if maybe he should be put back on it. She said she would talk to the dr. about it and let us know, so I said that I was thinking of putting him back on the prednisone anyway to see if that helped. That got her attention and she spoke to the attending physician who agreed to start back on the prednisone. Peter took it yesterday and today and he thinks he is feeling better! Hooray!
We go back to the ABMT clinic on Wed. Hopefully they will have test results back and will have a plan ready.
Wendy
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