Friday, November 6, 2015
Friday evening - Dad
Mom and I (Ian) visited Dad Friday evening. Initially his eyes were open and he moved his head to face our voices. Then he tired and slept. He has a fever and they're giving him general anti-biotics until they figure out what is causing the fever. We had a good conversation with the nurse, asking her lots of questions. I liked her explanation of why the legs are losing circulation (the drugs are sending the blood to where they're needed), though that didn't jive with what the doctor said earlier. My positive takeaway from the nurse was that we should not lose hope just yet. I think they will take more x-rays on Saturday to see how the lungs are clearing.
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ReplyDeleteSaturday morning - dad's circulation in his leg has improved. They were quite worried last night. Improvement could be the result of their changing his sedation meds. Initially said there was no improvement with his lungs, then said there was slight? However, they scaled the vent down and dad was apparently doing 75% of the breathing work. This is how mom and I left him at 1:00. I am guessing that he will tire and they will up the amount of work the vent is doing.
ReplyDeleteMy boys and I visited briefly this evening. Dad is still doing the majority of breathing with the vent on its lowest setting. However, he now has a fever (39.4). They are running all sorts of cultures to see if they can identify the source.
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