Jeff Young's Fight Against Colon Cancer

Saturday, August 02, 2008

Culture Results and Most recent hospice visit

Well, we got the culture results back. It grew out pfeupomonis. This is what I was told the spelling was, but I have not been able to locate any information online about it. The synopsis is: it is resistant to almost all antibiotics. There is one his oncologist recommends that has to be given every eight hours thru an IV for at least 10 days that he could do at home with the exception of his first treatment. She told us that it would basically be a one shot deal. Most likely he could only be treated with this once and then there would be a high likelihood that it would build up a resistance to it. Jeff is weighing his options on what to do. Right now his main symptoms are just the change in drainage and odor.
During the last hospice visit the nurse took his oxygen saturation level. He was registering between 87-91 percent. His lungs sound clear though. Most people should have oxygen saturation in the upper 90s if not 100. That is all for now. I will update when decisions are made about the antibiotic. Everyone take care.

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