Hello. Well, Mark is officially a free man. He was discharged around 2:30 eastern today and didn't waste a minute getting out of there. He didn't even tell his nurse he was leaving. As soon as the IV team showed up to unhook his port, he was outta there. We walked to the family house (Mark still with his Fall Risk band around his arm). He was excited that the OU game was on TV and that he hadn't missed any of it yet.
He was discharged on Indocin which is an antiinflammatory which should prevent fevers caused by the tumor as well as antibiotics. Hopefully that combination will do the trick. Indocin is notorious for tearing up the gut, so we will see. (I use it a lot in Rheumatology, so I am quite familiar with this med). It is also hard on the kidneys, so we will have to really push the fluids and not let Mark get dehydrated.
Mark insisted that I go ahead and book our flight home, so we are officially flying home Monday afternoon. We are supposed to check in with Dr. Barlett's office as well, but Mark does not want to waste any time getting home. Pray that there are no set backs this time and we make it to Auburn safely.
God bless!!
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