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Coming Home To Palmy Hospital?


 After being back in the Christchurch Public Hospital for MORE testing they have decided the following things; 

  1. After 4 months of testing, there are still no conclusive results
  2. They keep running out of spinal fluid for the testing and having to keep do more lumbar punctures! Every time he has one of these it gives him a migraine for about 4 days.
  3. The only thing that has given him any hint of improvement has been the steroids. Dee has requested another steroid treatment round. The doctors are considering this. 
  4. Bloods have been sent to the UK for testing
  5. During one of the xRays they saw a shadow on his lung and may have found a cancer there (separate to his paralysis issues).. to be continued.
  6. They are running out of tests to do
  7. He continues to get worse. He is unable to open his right hand. His breathing is affected. He has lost almost all strength in his core. He is full hoist transfers again. 
  8. Every test that Palmy did has been re-tested in Christchurch. Some have shown regression of his symptoms. Some have shown abnormalities.  Both PN and Chch testing have been inconclusive. 
  9. We are still waiting for test results. Bloods are taken daily. 
  10. Christchurch Public Doctors are thinking he might be better off coming back to the Palmerston North hospital as Burwood is strictly for rehabilitation and he is not able to do this at the moment as he continues to get worse and they still don't know what is causing it.
Dee's Burwood room mate just text him to say they were packing up his room. He has not been told what is happening yet. 

We continue to wait. 

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