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Michael has been reading the paper every day. He does the crossword puzzle. He has been walking and doing strengthening exercises.
He called his mother and wished her a Happy Mother's Day. He got though right away, clearly a first!
He is now down to 1 liter of oxygen. (A liter means the patient uses one liter per hour of O2).
He still has some swelling in his feet, which seems to be decreasing.
Yesterday's labs did not indicate his Purine level, but he is being treated for elevated Pruines, so I am anxious to see his labs on this. ( Elevated Purines indicate Gout). He has been trying to push the protein to regain muscle, so he will have to slow that down a bit.
His red blood cells, hemoglobin and hematocrit and serum albumin are all low. The nurse said, "I am sure he is getting iron", I said, "I hope not, he has hemochromatosis" (too much iron in the blood. He developed this due to many previous blood transfusions. The low albumin indicates a decrease in muscle mass). He isn't getting any additional iron. Most men do not need iron supplementation.

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