Things are starting to look better for Jim. Everyday it is one xray after another. When he is all done he will be a breathing glowing super hero!!!!! His blood work is showing that the VRE infection is still in his system. They did a CAT scan to see if it affected his brain. While reviewing that they did however show a very little mini stroke that may have occured while he was in ICU since he was sedated and on Dialysis you cant detect a temperature. Or if he had it when he first contracted the VRE because he had a high fever, bloody nose and vomiting. But it did no permanent damage so thats the good news. Also the did an MRI on his spine because of his back pain. He is good there also. This is probably because of the degenerative disc he has on is C4 and C5. Today they did a TEE to see if the VRE has affected his already replace heart valve, and that came back good. They are trying to cover all areas to be safe since he is still testing positive. Now they are using different antibiotics to see if they can clear this infection. Tomorrow they are doing a doppler scan on his arms since he is showing some swelling going on there. He will also have his daily chest xray to see if the fluid in done draining from his lung, if all goes well they will take the tube out of his back. His voice has not completely come back....and he is weak on the legs....But we are working on that. As Mrs. Drill Sargent/Caretaker/Wife...I WILL get him up and moving!!!!! We are hoping to get out of here by the end of the week. But if he doesnt walk, I am not bringing him home! :)
Posted on: Tue, 08 Jul 2014 02:55:36 +0000
Trending Topics
Recently Viewed Topics
© 2015