Woody Got His Exercise In Today!

We awoke to no snow...virtually dry roads.  So it was smooth sailing all the way to Vanderbilt. New left the house at 6:15am and pulled back into our driveway at 3:30pm.  So another long day, but it pretty much went like clockwork.  We arrived even before the office opened.  It sounds like Woody was assigned the doctor who had been at Vanderbilt in the infectious diseases the longest.  She was very nice and explained things very well.  She is changing the strength of his antibiotics depending on lab results today.  When Wes got home we had one dose of his infusion antibiotics to get him through till the doctor gives the latest.  She might even change the antibiotic.  She lessened another antibiotic and told him to take it every other day.  They are watching his kidney function and liver panels deciding on how much, what kind, and when he is to take them.  He will continue to take two antibiotics even after the 42 days.  One, Ciprofoxacin, he will probably take for a longer period of time and then she will put him on another antibiotic that he isn't presently on and he will be on that for the rest of his life.  The fact that the bacteria are in the bone, there isn't a good way to tell if the infection is totally gone...plus even though it might be gone at a point, there is a likelihood that it might return.  She was pleased with the way his leg looked on the outside.  She said that there was no sign of infection and that the incision was healing very well.  We go back to see her in three weeks.

As soon as we finished in the infectious disease clinic, we headed over to the main part of Vanderbilt to the radiology department.  He was in and out very quickly...CTs without contrast are quite fast.  Then we headed to the cancer clinic for his labs.  We were ahead of schedule for both of these appointments.  After his labs, we headed to the waiting room to see Dr. Wyman.  We knew that even though we were early, it wouldn't make any difference as he doesn't see patients till after lunch.  So we had quite a wait to get into his exam room, but once there he came in quickly.  I will say that we don't have the results of the CT scan.  Dr. Wyman is supposed to call us with the results.  I am also watching the "My Health at Vanderbilt" for Woody's results...all results from both doctor visits are posted, but the scan still isn't.  So we will wait and see...but we expect a good report.  Woody told Dr. Wyman that he thought that he would know if there was a problem and Drl Wyman agreed.

Woody got his exercise today by walking all over the halls of Vanderbilt...travelled the really long one twice.  We were in a new, for us, building for the infectious diseases...then had to walk over to the hospital area from across the street...then to the other end of that long building to get to the Cancer Clinic.  So he got his walking in today.  He did very well.  He said that his arm hurt from pushing the walker more than his leg did from all the walking.

He headed off a little while ago to go to the prayer room.  He hasn't felt well enough nor could he get around well enough to go to the prayer room in a while.  So it is another good sign of his improving health and recovery after the surgery.

I came home and made us a big pot of Chicken Noodle Soup.  Tasted really good on this really cold day.  And, I guess, if the predictions are correct, it is supposed to get even colder over the next couple of days.  Brrrrrrrrrrrrrr!