Thursday Evening

More information has begun to trickle in. The skin histology has been identified as panniculitis -- which is essentially inflammation of the deep fatty layer of skin (adipose tissue). It identifies the location of the inflammation but not the cause. We're still waiting for the cultures. It does seem consistent with the pseudomonas and we're hoping that it will be identified as such.

I'm also going for an Indium Scan. What they did today was take out about 50cc of blood. They separated the white cells, treated them with radioactive indium, and then re-injected them into me. Tomorrow, I go for a scan which tracks the white cells which will, hopefully, go to the infection site or sites. They have still not been able to locate exactly where it is and I still have the pain in my upper right abdomen. The pain may or may not be infection related and could be just from the sheer size of my liver which has been described as "massive". Also, because I have already been on antibiotics for a few days, it may or may not work.

I didn't feel as well today as I had for the past few days. Just really tired. I did a couple of laps in the hall because I really don't want to lose whatever momentum I have with the PT. My feet, ankles and legs are still very swollen and they've been giving me diuretics for it.

I'm trying to stay positive and I thank you all for your help with that. I believe it's just a matter of time before I begin to feel more like myself and I'm trying to be patient.