So, it's nearly been 7 days since Azer's been on three IV antibiotics. Azer was feeling discouraged last night. Even though his lung function test Thursday was up, he feels like his lungs haven't gotten better and says they feel full and irritated. He was worried that if he went home, his lungs would just nose dive.
He did a great job this morning explaining to his Pulmonologist how he felt. Azer said that using the IPV has done a great job clearing the mucus out, and the bronciodilator is opening his lungs, but feels that the antibiotics he's on are not killing whatever is making his lungs sick. The doctor agreed with Azer and told him that the PFT is just one indicator in how his lungs are doing, and they really take into consideration how he feels.
So, the staff will present the data from this week to Azer's main pulmonologist and she may change his antibiotics, or he may have a bronchoscopy this week. Either way, it's not looking like he will go home quite as soon as we had hoped.
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