Friday, February 25, 2011

after noon update--
1) kidneys:
waiting for dialysis-- they are waiting until its very needed because of the blood infection- they are hesitant to add a line in because it might cause a longer wait on the infection. might re-infect him. so they will wait until they absolutely have to. most likely  to happen on Monday.
2) G-tube/feeding:
Gastro graph and x-ray. they will add ink to his g-tube into his stomach and take an x-ray. this will determine if he can have food/water. if its blocked they will give him a nose feed again. hopefully today
3)Heart:
they give him something so he will doze and put a tiny camera type device down his throat and make some more images of his heart. the images they took yesterday did not get the whole picture (ribs and angle), they are looking to see if he has any infection near his heart and will use this information to understand his over all health.  most likely Monday also.
4)Physical therapist:
Doctor is calling to see if they can get up here today. I have been moving his fingers/hands today. he's been napping alot today (said he did not sleep well last night) and not complaining too much about pain/discomfort.

Doctors hope his G-tube is clear, heart has no infection and hope his blood infection clears in the next week. I feel very optimistic and so does the doctor.

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