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As many of you already know, Robert has been seriously ill. I will be updating this blog so you know how he is doing. If you are visiting this blog for the first time, please see "Robert the first 6 weeks".

August 2009

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Rob is out of ICU at the end of week 10

Rob is out of ICU at the end of week 10

By Ellyn on 24 August 2009

After a 10 long weeks, Rob was finally able to leave intensive care on Friday, 21 August. As you can imagine, we are thrilled.
The timing was perfect because Rob’s sister Anne arrived from England with our niece Isha and nephews Thomas, Luke and Oliver. Rob was very happy to see all of them, and that [...]

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Things are looking up at the end of week 9

By Ellyn on 14 August 2009

Rob has been doing pretty well since they put him on the heavier antibiotics. He seems to have shaken the worst of the staph and strep infections. Still, this week he has been having intermittent chills and fever’s of unknown origin (yes, there is a name for that — FUO).
I am relieved that they treated [...]

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a rough end to week 8

By Ellyn on 9 August 2009

Rob was doing really great most of last week. He was taken off the ventilator on Saturday, 1 August, and his breathing has remained good since that time. The plan was that he would move out of intensive care to a normal room on Thursday, 6 August.
Unfortunately, Rob got hit by a double whammy of [...]

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