Gentle Spiders,
Many thanks for all the good thoughts, wishes, prayers... They are, perhaps (a cautious perhaps) beginning to work. Vlad is off the respirator, as of today; the tube has been withdrawn from his throat, though he still has to use an oxygen mask, intermittently. But, with the tube withdrawn (and the pain/discomfort) reduced, they're not sedating him sensless any more, and he and his mother have been able to communicate - they pass notes, as he can't yet speak. We are all enormously relieved, though we're not out of the woods as yet, not by a long shot. But DH has passed on a joke today and I may forward it on to chat - our spirits are reviving... :) And his mother has been instructed to tell him tomorrow that he has the world of lacemakers rowing for him - poor thing, he'll never live it down <g>
The disease is called Wegener's granulomatosis. The less depressing facts are on:
http://www.niaid.nih.gov/factsheets/wegeners.htm
The more depressing ones you don't want to hear. At least, his version does not involve the kidneys, which is a very good thing...
Some of you asked how old he was; he'll be 17 (I have to believe that) July 2.
Love to all of you; you're the greatest
T
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Tamara P Duvall http://t-n-lace.net/
Lexington, Virginia, USA (Formerly of Warsaw, Poland)
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