Luke was discharged from Methodist late Wednesday and made his way to MDA. For the past 48 hours MDA has been running their panels to benchmark Luke's condition . Tomorrow morning they are going to check Luke's CBC, chemistry and enzymes and if all is good he will be discharged tomorrow morning. All 130 lbs. of him will be taking up residence next to Traveler on the house couch this time tomorrow. Two months to the day he is returning home.
MDA did not want to discharge Luke until Monday, maybe Sunday but the "I want to go home to see my dog and watch the Super Bowl" face worked to get a Saturday discharge.
MDA is taking him off the last of his IV meds today. After they draw labs tomorrow they will pull the drug feeding tube in his chest. He coming home with a box full of meds and for the near term he will be making the trip down to MDA for labs on a daily basis.
He is eating OK, just can't eat a lot a one time. He did make an inquiry about crawfish and was pleased to hear that home cooked crawfish would be allowed on the menu in a few weeks.
Getting Luke to the point of being discharged considering where he was three weeks ago is amazing. Just the progress he has made since Sunday last week is tremendous. He has a way to go to get his strength back and to know if he has cleared the GTHD hurdles but getting him home is a big step. The docs at MDA and Methodist are great. Doctor's are happy, Luke is happy, we are happy. Can't say enough about every ones help and prayers.
Luck Feukemia
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Praise the Lord. I'm just now reading this and that is great news
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