Monday, September 30, 2013

Bill, late Mon, Sept. 30: blood test; stand-pivot transfer

Bill continues to have weekly blood tests. I didn't mention the results from last week, which showed his creatinine level was up -- that is one of the markers of kidney stress, but we weren't too concerned because the others numbers were all in the normal range. This week the creatinine is still up, and everything else is still good.

Today was another therapy advance: a transfer from bed to chair via a stand and pivot! Bill had a pretty proud grin on his face when he told me about it. Maybe I will get to see (and maybe record) him in the act sometime this week.

2 comments:

  1. Hey Julie -- I'm in from the coast and catching up with this blog. How about the eyes? anything there yet?

    Linda

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  2. No, there's no word back yet on finding a specialist for the vision issues. The doc was reaching out to the Casey Eye Institute (connected to OHSU), and they were also working with his insurance for approval/referral.

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