X-Rays Show Some Improvement

Yesterday Peter's daily chest X-Ray showed an improvement.

This is as a result of the sputum culture showing that the bacteria responsible for Peter's Pneumonia is "Pseudomonas" and the doctors are now giving Peter the specific antibiotics for that bacteria and reducing the broad spectrum ones. That has been happening since Thursday night and the doctors said that the antibiotics would take between 48 and 72 hours to start to show whether there was any improvement.

The Intensivist said to us that if Peter was in poor physical condition or was not a fighter then they would make him comfortable and let the Pneumonia take him. But as we have been able to keep him in good nutritional condition through the Peg tube feeds and he is so determined to try to beat this, they will fight this as aggressively as they can with everything at their disposal. I am so pleased that he has some physical reserves to help him otherwise it would be a very different story I would be writing right now.

So we are starting to be quietly pleased about that small improvement. Although, we both understand that in the overall scheme of things Peter is not going to be cured from the cancer, we are hopeful that he can get over the Pneumonia, come home and maybe resume the chemotherapy so he can gain as much time as is possible.

I am continuing to spend 9 or 10 hours a day with Peter and that is useful for him as he can't talk with the Bipapp mask on and while he has a little whiteboard for messages it's neither easy or quick to communicate his history or his needs with that, which is something I can do.

Will keep you posted as and when I can.

Leanne