friday morning my dad had another fever. from the blood cultures, the doctors discovered a yeast infection in my dad's blood. they suspect his port is the culprit. he went into surgery friday afternoon to have it removed. he is already feeling much better, and the infection specialist we saw today thinks it wont take more than a day for my dad to recover from the infection.

there was a slight scare after the surgery, when my dad's blood sugar dropped to 24. the nurses scrambled and got him back to 120 very quickly. it seems the main problem was having to switch nutrient mixtures after he got his port removed. since my dad is on a heavy dose of medicine, they actually had to start two iv lines on him. he now has tubes coming out of both arms.

he was moved to increased doses of zofran and reglan, and is also taking new anti-nausea medicine (phenergan). the increased doses and new medication seem to be more effective. hopefully, his fevers and infection problems will be gone by tomorrow and he can focus on gaining strength and teaching his stomach how to work again.