Miracle

Jeff has pulled another one out of his butt!! Thank goodness for miracles. He started coming back almost full circle today. He is drinking fluids and is able to talk to people today. He started taking a few bites of food for the first time in at least four days. We met with a family friend Dr. We call him Dr. Tim. He believes the fluid in Jeff's lungs are not related to disease progression, but rather it is related to his infection. Jeff has decided to do IV antibiotics and a diuretic to help with the removal of some of the fluid from his lungs and other parts. Dr. Tim believes some of Jeff's fluid retention can be treated and give him more comfort. I have a phone call into oncology so they can get records to Dr. Tim today and he can talk to hospice so we can get the antibiotics going. I don't know where this puts Jeff and the plans for MD Anderson. We haven't gotten to that part yet. Jeff doesn't remember a large part of the weekend, so I filled him in this morning. He is processing a lot of information in a shorter time.
We are pretty angry with hospice right now because the oxygen machine they gave Jeff only went up to 5 Liters. Luckily a friend of the family, who is a nurse, stopped by Friday nite and told us Jeff should be getting more oxygen than that. We confirmed that it was safe for Jeff to go higher on his oxygen, so we ended up getting two oxygen machines and now he is set on 11 liters, although he isn't wearing it all the time now. I feel strongly that the increase in oxygen saved Jeff this weekend and had it not been for the friend of the family (Josh) I don't feel Jeff would have done the turn around that he has done.
I want to thank everyone that stopped by and brought food, everyone that prayed, everyone that sent good energy our way and for those of you that kept us in your thoughts. I will update as things get a little more defined. Hope everyone is well.