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Hi
Thank you all for your replies and suggestions. They really are greatly appreciated!
The doctor says it is not diverticulitis. Apparently they have stopped the malaria medication even though he was due to have the last one today. I must say, this puzzles me.
The infectious disease doctor prescribed it, but the intern has stopped it?? The intern is also the guy who says it is not diverticulitis.
Anyway, we are moving him to another hospital tomorrow where they specialise in MDS and where he would eventually have the BMT.
Of course they cannot give it to him until they find the infection and get rid of the fevers.
Yesterday was a very bad day. The last night they finally gave him a cooling bed and he had a good night, But this morning was bad too. His temp was down for long enough today for them top give him a unit of blood (his hemaglobin was 6.7 and hematocrit 21%) but 15 minutes into the 2nd unit his temp begain to climb and they needed to stop the blood. It is now high once again and his poor body is taking strain. when it goes up he shivers and shakes for a long time until it gets to the peak and then he is iced for hours to bring it down. Its a long, tiring process.
I hope that moving him is the right move. He will essentially start over with a whole new team of specialists and doctors. But we feel it may be the best thing, especially having doctors treat him who specialize in MDS.
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