More from Buffy

Dad is looking better. He is eating and drinking. They hope to have Dad out of the hospital by the end of the week. He had bacterial pneumonia and also a viral infection from the CMV. CMV is a virus that 98% of the population is exposed to at birth. It is something that typically is never activated, but when you have an weak immune system - it shows up. Surprise!!! He is on an anti-viral medication for at least month. But he is responding well to the medication for his bacterial infection. 

He was feeling well enough to tell a joke: 

 

A man is in a bar talking to friend and said, "My friend Roscoe is here. He knows everyone!"

The friend replied, "He can't know everyone!" But the friend insisted saying, " I really think he does." 

So the man is introduced to Roscoe and he asks him, "Do you really know everyone?" And Roscoe replied, "Well, yeah, I think I do." The man asked if he knew the Pope and Roscoe said, "Oh yeah! I am going golfing with him tomorrow - I need to see him to change the tee time."

The man refused to believe that he could know the Pope, so Roscoe finally invited him to go and meet the Pope. 

They got on his private jet and Roscoe told him that he was going to talk to the Pope before he went out on the balcony 

to talk to the congregation. 

The man waited in the courtyard with the crowd of people who had gathered to see the Pope. Finally the Pope came out and right beside him was Roscoe! The man could hardly believe his eyes. He asked the man next to him if he knew who was up on the balcony and the stranger said, "Well, I don't know that guy in the funny hat but he is standing right next to Roscoe!" 

Hospital Update

This is a new update from Buffy (more to come later today).

His pneumonia is getting better. His injured lung is not getting worse - it is in a holding pattern. He is on a machine helping inflate his lungs (but not a respirator). As of yet it his lung has not fixed itself. 

Dad's lungs are affected by the Cytomegolovirus (CMV) Infection. It is a virus that usually affects immuno-compromised patients. He is on anti-viral medications to help treat CMV. 

Broken ribs are a pain (in every sense)...

Here is an update from Jeremy: 

Well here is the update on Phil Brown. Dad managed to tear a hole in his left lung after the bronchoscopy. So this means that they have to put a tube in his lung cavity and suck out the air to fix the collapse lung. This most likely happened as he was coughing and he has a broken rib on  that side. The bronchoscopy was on the other lung. He is still having problems breathing and has moved up to the maximum amount of oxygen until the morphine wears off. So hopefully he will start breathing better and move from the mask back to the canula. 
The respiratory doctor came by to talk about the results from the test. They won't know until the cultures are complete on the pneumonia. So we are waiting for more information about that test. 
The doctor did give another possibility that there might be myeloma in his lungs so they are also sending out a sample to ensure it isn't present. (This is just a possibility - this is not certain). They might need a larger sample to check for they may have to do another bronchoscopy to gather more a sample. So that leaves a little more excitement for tomorrow. They don't want a biopsy into the lungs because there is a chance of infection and another collapsed lung with a biopsy. So I am praying that this won't be the case and it is just a matter of pneumonia that can be easily treated. 
It is more information but we honestly don't know anything until the results come back on the pneumonia and myeloma. Sorry for not alot of definite information about anything. Dad says hi and isn't enjoying the hospital much.

Love,

Jeremy