Melissa and Jackie spoke with Dr. Henry at the noon visit on Tuesday. Dr. Henry is still treating Dale with antibiotics for infection of either the lung or the kidneys. The diagnosis is still not certain. Dale's heartrate was around 100 - 105 during the visit, it seems that the metropolol is helping a bit. Dr. Henry stated that Dale had complained of a little pain when Dr. Henry arrived (11:50 am) and so had administered a dose of delotted (sp) for the pain. We are thinking the pain is from an injection he had in his upper stomach area previsouly. Dale was still sleeping mostly during the visit (probably due to the pain medicine) but did listen to the tale Melissa related to seeing Bill drive the big moving truck pulling the car with the little cats in it!
Dr. Henry had spoken to Dr. Karp (MD Anderson clinical trial doctor) this morning, but at the time Dr. Henry talked to Dr. Karp, Dr. Henry was unaware of the heart issues that Dale is having (atrial fib) due to Dr. Henry's pager problems. Dr. Henry will be calling Dr. Karp this afternoon/evening to let him know of the heart situation.
Another blood test will be taken tonight to monitor the kidney function, so maybe there will be more certainty in what to treat. There is still the stated case of possible pneumonia or kidney infection.
Dr. Henry said that since Dale's heart was not behaving normally and he thinks there is some liquid in the lungs from the previous hydration push, he could not give a higher dose of liquids at this time. (A higher dose of liquids may help the kidneys better). So we will take this slowly and pray the kidneys get repaired, if that is the problem.
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