Please Pray for Chuck

Andy,

Have you heard anything from Chuck's family today?  We are all praying that he has begun to show signs of improvement. 

Please give the family our best,

Sharmin

I heard from Chuck's wife this morning. Nothing has changed much, which can be seen as a positive, since it isn't worse.

He hasn't changed significantly.  They were able to do a bronchoscopy
Wednesday and we should have the results today so they can fight the
infection with the right anti-biotics.  They've been treating him with a
combination of anti-s. and with the results of the culture they got during
the bronk. they should be able to home in on it more efficiently.

He still looks great; great color, etc.  but he's still under and will stay
that way until there's a big improvement.

Thanks.

Thank you for the update Andy,
I am glad that things haven't gotten worse, I pray that they begin to get better now.

Sharmin

praying the same ,

Umair

On Friday, the update was not good. The doctors were afraid that Chuck had Diffuse Alveolar Hemorrhage, which is an often fatal side effect of bone marrow transplant. I did not want to share this until the doctors were sure. Sigh of relief. I just received this message.

OK, it seems it is not dah (which is NOT a good thing to have).  Now they are leaning more toward Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome.  Not as harsh a recovery time, and it's being treated.  They've lowered his ox. dependency on the machine to 40%, and lowered the PEEP too, so hopefully, he will continue to do well on this regimen.  I'll keep you updated!  Thanks, Andy.

Idiopathic Pneumonia Syndrome in BMT patients appears to be related to the pre-BMT conditioning with radiation treatments and can also be harsh. However, DAH is worse and Chuck is making some progress in regaining his oxygen independence.

Let's pray that Chuck continues to improve and gets through this soon.

Andy,

My prayers are with Chuck and his family - I hope that he continues to improve and makes a complete recovery very soon. 
 
Sharmin

                               

Zaini.

I hope his health will improve pretty soon. Thank you for the updates, Andy.

Nice to hear that he is improving.  Hope he keeps on this trend.  Waiting to hear good news soon.

Hi Andy ,
its very nice to hear that he is healing-up now , i m hoping and praying for the good news in soon future ... i hope he will be ... alot of good wishes and prayers for chuck .
thank you Andy for the update , please keep updating  ..


Best Regards
Take Care
Umair

For Chuck and his family,

                     

Zaini.

Andy,

Very sorry to hear about the tough times that your colleague and friend is going through.

Here is hoping that he makes a complete recovery soon. My best wishes to him and his family.

Poirot

I am hoping that it was a good day for Chuck and that he is showing signs of improvement.

Sharmin

Dear Chuck,


Sharmin