Friday Evening

The doctors that have visited tonight to say we need to wait to see how Jack's clotting issue progresses. For now it appears the bleeding has stopped. He is much more responsive now after the anesthesia was stopped and he definitely recognizes everyone when they say hello. Right now he can squeeze your hand and nod a little, and tap his foot at the bottom of the bed.

They have been giving him steroids and the oncologist said his while blood cell count is down from the level it was at when he was admitted. He is also over the platelet level that they were hoping he would get to, so these are at least some positive signs.

He has had some excess mucus formation that they are testing, he has been able to cough a lot of it up and the preliminary thought is that it could be pneumonia related.

Post Surgery & Overnight Update

Jack finished surgery yesterday at 6pm. The doctors were concerned that he wasn't clotting properly and continue to provide him with platelets and clotting factor. They are hoping that he will start to heal on this own but have said at this point we simply have to wait. Overnight, there was no major change in his condition. His oxgyen levels they were giving him were reduced slightly. This morning they did take him off the anesthesia (propofal) he was on to see how he would react in terms of response to stimulii. He was aware of people and did squeeze Fran's hand when she spoke to him.

The doctor's did mention that as a result of the original stroke and brain bleed there is probably permenant damage and he will have partial paralysis of his left side. It is hard to tell the extent of the damage until he is completey conscious. We noticed he was only moving his right arm and leg when he moved around last night and today.

They did an EEG test this morning to review his brain activity and we should have those results tonight as well as an update on his overall condition from Jack's team of doctors.