Dr. Proehl came in to see Mom early this evening and spoke to her about the surgery to install the medi port. As her white blood count has risen he knows there is infection somewhere. He had a blood sample drawn and it is not in her blood. He checked all other scans, urine etc., and believes it may be pneumonia. His concern is that there is a chance he could get some of the infection on the port. If this happens and she returns with a high fever they may have to remove/replace the port. He was not yet aware that she was going to have a new biopsy performed next Monday with the results not coming in until about Thursday. At that point he said there was absolutely no way she should take a chance with this. He will contact Dr. Morar and speak to her about it, then reschedule the surgery for later.
They did prescribe an iv antibiotic and started that tonight. Also, later (after dancing with the stars, lol) she will get another iv that will help her sleep through the night. She was having pain in her back so they also gave her a pill for that. Hopefully with all of this she will get a long night of sleep she so desperately needs. Sweet Dreams Mom!!!!
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