Seizures

Things have not been headed in the right direction these past few days.  Yesterday Marshall started having some seizures.  The doctors did a CT scan, an EEG on the brain and various other diagnostic tests but they have not been able to determine what is causing the seizures.  I am worried that this is going to make him ineligible for the transplant.  They wanted to do a spinal tap to see if there is infection in the spinal cord but because that is a risky procedure they have been trying to get his INR down so that his blood will clot better.   All day yesterday they gave him plasma and platelets but they just can’t get things to a point that they can do the spinal tap.  Most likely the seizures are being caused by the fact that his body is in such bad shape but they are going to go ahead and treat him for infection just in case.

Last night they put a tube in Marshall’s nose so that they could administer medications that way, but they could never get the bleeding to stop.  They finally had to take the tube out and pack his nose but the blood keeps seeping out his nose and even out of his mouth.  I feel so horrible for him.