Day 17

SUNDAY EVENING- 9/30/07

When we arrived at the hospital this morning he had three nurses working around him so I was a little scared. When they let us in the room we found out that, they had taken out his staples today per doctor�s orders. Within an hour of removing the staples he coughed and his incision split open abut 5 inches. They had to call the surgeon in to stitch him up.

His white cell count was higher today than yesterday. His BUN and creatinine levels were better than yesterday but still very high. He will get dialysis tomorrow. He was very confused today.

Late Evening

I just called the hospital and he pulled out his NG tube. I had a feeling he would do that after we left. He also kept pulling off his oxygen. His heart rate dropped and they had to take him off of his heart medication. He is now back in the irregular heart rate pattern. They left the NG tube out but will probably have to re-insert. They had to put him back on his oxygen because he got short of breath.