CT results

CT results from today

Anthony needed to be sedated for his CT scan today. It was of his chest, to look for more clots. The anesthesiologists were awesome, like they’ve all been throughout his life.

He has been happier and more social today. Not as social as normal, by a LONG shot, but not moaning all day and needing morphine to help him smile.

The doctor just explained Anthony’s scan results with me. The nodules we thought were clots full of infection in Anthony’s lungs no longer look like emboli. They look more like possible small collapsed lung areas, probably from his tummy being a little distended and pushing on those lungs. Him moving around will help to fix this. So this news is great!!

There was one area in the upper right lobe of the lungs (don’t ask me anything about anatomy, ‘cause I don’t know!) that has definite infection. This does not look fungal, but they are leaning a little more to that possibility now.

We’re staying on the antibiotics for now for bacterium, but are meeting with infectious specialists tomorrow to get their input, and maybe start an antifungal medication too.

The doctors are not concerned enough to do anything tonight, so that’s good. They are happy with the progress Anthony has made so far.

He might get to eat tomorrow!

And, about the kidney in his chest, that needs to be fixed, but not right away. Probably later this year.