I'm sorry this update it coming so late, you can always tell when neither my brother or I are up at the hospital because the updates aren't very updated.
I just got off the phone with mom and she is very concerned that Dad is still not feeling well. This meaning that he is still having the same problems of being sick as he did the 3 weeks before he ever went into the hospital (on top of recovering from everything else). Same symptoms, and now also the fever is back. Mom is also very upset because now that he is better from where we were on Nov 24th, the nurses aren't paying him as much attention and are having an "awh he is fine" attitude instead of actually doing something for the fever, pain, etc.
Overall this is where things stand as of the 6pm and 8pm visits with mom: Dad is having to ask for pain shots on a regular bases, fever at 6 was 100.3 and was told by nurse that if it got any higher then they would do something for it, then it got up to 100.6 and the 8pm nurse (different nurse, change shift at 7pm) said that she wasn't going to do anything about it (ohh mom was not happy and let them know it, although still don't know if it made a difference), very lathargic (sp?) and was pretty much non responsive to her being around during visit times. Again she feels that he is being neglective now compared to the care that we have seen him get before. Oh yeah something was also disconnected from his trake that needed to stay connected, and the nurse that was watching him so carefully, didn't even notice, mom had to tell her.
She said that the nurses talk about how he is doing good and he needs to be moved out, but then there are still some issues with maintaining heartrate, blood pressure, fever, how much pain he is still in, how he still feels horrible like he did a month ago, etc. Mom said that it seems now her only hope is that if they do decide to move him to the ICU at the rehab hospital that they can figure out what else is wrong with him, where she doesn't feel that they are trying to figure it out anymore at Methodist.
Mom again was concerned that as much as we talk about on the blog at how well he is doing and how much better he is doing, that he still has alot of things wrong and is still in a critical state and has a long ways to go. She talked to the Intensivist doctor yesterday and his estimate was 3 months at the soonest before Dad would be able to go home.
On a lighter note, I talked to my brother and he said that dad was able to move his toes a little bit this morning when he was there at 8am. First for that. They have not told us when Dad will be transfered, although when the time comes he will be going Kindred Hospital, there across the street from Methodist...and remain in ICU there.
Please continue to keep all of these things along with information from previous posts in your prayers. Thank you so much! God Bless!
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White count up, temps up...it's time for some blood cultures. He's had the trach put in and filters put in (invasive) so it is a potential that they could have introduced hospital borne bacteria like MRSA. This sounds very much like that scenario can be playing out.
As far as how badly he felt a month before thais all started and now....Sounds like no one ever found out why then and with all that's happened since, they are not actively looking for the cause now. It's what happens and you have to be dogged in this health care climate to ferret these things out.
I hate to say it, but Elizabeth, you seem to be the mover and shaker in this environment and it may be time to start shaking things up again. I wouldn't put all my hope in the ICU at the rehab facility. If they find something they may just ship him back to Methodist. Holding you guys...
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