Kinda good news

[lady_kishiria]

They've pinpointed what caused Pop's kidney failure. It's what they call a "grand negative" infection in his blood. What that means is that it's not strep or staph, and they're liking E-Coli for it. He's been treated with antibiotics and had dialysis last night.

He's peeing a bit, which means there's some function, and he's joking with visitors and staff. He's very cheered by the fact that this isn't something that happened because he's old, but something that could just as easily have gotten me or Steve.

He likes his TV, a lot. This morning when we visited he looked at me and said, "What's that Japanese cartoons you watch?"

"What about 'em?" I asked

"Do they show a bunch of 'em for teenagers on Friday nights?"

"Yeah."

"I saw some of 'em. God almighty!"

I got a good laugh out of that. Sounds like he tuned into .hack/sign.

Comments

[youngfreud.livejournal.com]

Oh, no. That means he probably saw Gundam SEED. Now anytime you mention Gundam, all he'll think about is SEED.

[hojit.livejournal.com]

I'm glad things are looking positive for him.

[nolly.livejournal.com]

(If you want to google or whatever, I think the phrase is "Gram negative"; gram being a particular, um, dye or something like that, which one class of bacteria -- Gram positive -- reacts to, and the rest don't.)

I hope he recovers quickly!

[kishiriadgr.livejournal.com]

Oh, thanks for the reminder! He wanted me to print out some articles on dialysis and his overall condition. If he could use his own computer in the hospital, he'd do it, but in the absence of that, he'll read printouts. He rocks.

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

Gram negative, now that is something I've heard before. Good catch, figuring that one out.

[taxlady.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear he's peeing.