June 3 - Better News

Dear family and friends we are so very grateful for each of you. We have had more challenges still. Saturday he had some oxygen added due to his O2 stats being a little low when he woke up from a nap. Sunday had some minor issues including 2 more units of blood and 2 units of platelets due to low counts but nothing seemed really major until after shift change at 7:00 pm. He was talking and just out of the blue said he felt hot and started fanning and then started with some shortness of breath even with the O2 on.
We got his nurse who in turned called respiratory and from there things "really flew" with his O2 stats dropping and blood pressure rising and bottom line he had to be intubated (put on a ventilator) and taken to ICU. He has been sedated since then.
He is still in ICU and still has the vent in but they have been weaning him off the oxygen since late yesterday and since lunch today he is actually breathing on his own and has been awake each time we have gone back since about 1:00 pm today though still has some light sedation. They have the ventilator set on CPAP so it only kicks in if he goes to sleep or relaxes enough to not be breathing deep enough to get the proper level of oxygen.
Dr Solomon said that they would be checking him with some simple commands and if he "passes" their test they will try removing the vent tube later this evening.
He has been responsive with eye contact and blinks and eyebrow raising so we feel they will take it out soon.
His heart rate is decreased per the Echocardiogram that was done yesterday and Dr Solomon says it is operating at a fraction of the strength that it was prior to his transplant but he says this could be temporary will just have to wait and see. If you remember his ejection ratio was decreased in February when he had his transplant pre-testing but when his scans were repeated it had come back up so we are hopeful that it will do the same in this instance and the decrease at present is just due to the trauma from the events of Sunday nite, his recent transplant and the chemo sessions he has had this week.
He is due for chemo tomorrow and we have not been told that he will not get it as scheduled so we will think positive on that.
When he stabilizes he will be moved back to the Bone Marrow Transplant Unit upstairs as his counts are wiped out from the chemo so he will still be in isolation also.
Prayer is so very powerful and we have surely felt the results from all of the many that have been lifted on Troy's behalf.
Thank you again for you faithfulness and support for Troy. He is a FIGHTER.