Robert was transferred to Kindred Hospital, an acute care facility, last week. (Not well enough to go to TIRR, yet not sick enough to justify a bed at St. Luke’s any longer.)

He’s doing much better, his kidneys are back under control. He’s continuing his 4-6 week course of antiobotic IV therapy here, and after that, he should be able to go back to TIRR to finish out his last few weeks of physical therapy before coming home.

Robert is doing much, much better. I have been staying overnight since he got to St. Luke’s Wednesday morning. All the tests they’ve conducted (ultrasound [kidneys], echocardiogram [heart], MRI [brain, spine], CT scan [head/brain]) have come back negative. And it looks like they are getting his kidney problem under control. He’s got his appetite back and is eating and drinking, not Robert’s usual portion size, but at least he IS eating and drinking again!

I can tell he’s pretty much back to his old self. Before, he wasn’t interested in reading the newspaper or watching much television. He was pretty out of it on Monday and Tuesday. So I was very happy when I walked in last night and he was watching a basketball game on TV and had been listening to his Walkman. He ate the snacks they have been bringing him, his blood sugar numbers have been in a good range too.
Perhaps things are looking up.

Robert is back at St. Luke’s right now, battling acute renal failure and some kind of infection. He’s in much better shape than he was Monday and Tuesday. Tests have been and are being conducted to pinpoint exactly what the origin of the infection is. He’s being hydrated and he’s gotten his appetite back somewhat and is drinking plenty of fluids. Which is itself a big improvement, since he hasn’t really felt like eating or even drinking anything for the past five or six days now.

He told me when I got there last night that he might have to undergo dialysis just to help his kidneys get back up to speed. But they will wait and see. Right now, he’s much improved over the way he was Monday and Tuesday. I’m very encouraged by the fact that his appetite has come back, too.

I will post again when more information is learned.