Thought I'd give you a brief update as to Karl's progress: he's hanging in there. The strong antibiotics he's infusing are causing the typical problems, which is causing some of his counts to be out of whack (a technical medical phrase, I believe). In order for his potassium and creatinine to be at normal levels, Karl has to drink an enormous amount of water. But, by golly, he's doing it. Three liters is the minimum, he's been told.
Karl is feeling much better, although he's still not a hundred percent. I imagine it will take time to get back to normal. It took him a few days to get rid of the extra fluid he was carrying due to the IVs he received at the hospital. The swelling finally went down enough for him to get out of bed for a bit the past few days.
Karl's gotten his appetite back and has been craving, of all things, carne asada. He talked about it for two days and looked up multiple recipes on the Internet. Mom finally got around to making it Thursday night and that seemed to satisfy his craving. I'm just hoping he doesn't crave something we can't make! The menu's a little more plain tomorrow...I'm taking him meatloaf for lunch and stuffed porkchops for dinner while Mom heads to Cleveland with a friend. I'm going to tell him the meatloaf is a wonderful French dish: Boeuf avec soupe à l'oignon et le ketchup and the pork is German: Gefülltes Schweinefilet. That'll throw him off (hopefully).
Thanks for your continued prayers.
Blessings,
Kerry
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