Walt is urinating up a storm. The huge doses of Lasix are working, but I don't think they'll let him run at Belmont for awhile. (sorry, Finger Lakes would be more geographically appropriate).
He's still asleep and on maximum O2 support, but his O2 saturation levels are in the upper 90's and BP is great: 140/58. They've narrowed the antibiotics down to just one: to treat Staph/Strep. They appear convinced that the antifungal is of no consequence and that whatever he has/had, it was not meningitis. They still haven't made a decision on dialysis; his bloodwork is coming back with mixed reviews (some trending up, some trending down.)
"They" in the above paragraph refers to two doctors and two nurses who were seeing him for the first time this morning. And none of them can tell us why he is still asleep, other than the fact that he has a brain injury and maybe that has something to do with it. Where's Marcus Welby when you need him?
That's the update from this morning.
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This is for my hilarious cousin that I love- Rick- Thank you for putting some humor into this very screwed up situation. This sounds par for the course for the University. Well, The administrator on the food chain you would contact to get this very situation straightened out here at RGH would be ME! So I am equally as frustrated because there are many more layers the the SMH cake that makes it almost impossible to find someone that knows anyone! The way it sounds is that his care has been handed off many times. There is however, a chief resident- this resident keeps all the other "indian" residents together in the loop. They normally have meetings and conferences about patients that are having set backs etc. Maybe the Chief resident has not changed.... Love, Linda- Looks like I am on the wrong totem pole!
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