As a pre-Christmas gift to all of us - John's friends and family - I'm happy to share that John ;is feeling better, eating
better (he sent me to the diner this morning for 2 milkshakes - one vanilla and
one chocolate - and french fries), and getting more exercise. He is still shedding but a lot of the dead skin is already gone and the new skin looks good.
He continues to lose weight - he lost 4 more pounds since Thursday. The new target date for discharge is this Friday, 12/21. Even if he gets out Friday, he will
need to go to the infusion center at Lehigh Valley Hospital every day to get an IV of the med he
needs for the continuing CMV infection.
postscript: maybe the milkshake wasn't such a good idea... John's pm blood sugar is 411; he got 5 units of insulin. The steroids continue to mess with his blood counts: wbc 3.6, hemoglobin 8.3, platelets 26,000.
post postscript: John is just amazed by the incredible skill and care of and by everyone at Jefferson - the nurses, doctors, and all of the staff. We both are. This is a super hospital!
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