Great news! Dad's head CT scan didn't show anything! Well, there is a brain in there and it looks like there is a spot where he had a small stroke (so small he probably didn't notice it) that has been there for a little while. It isn't something new. Whew......that is a huge load off for me.
Now dad is still running a low fever and they aren't sure why exactly he has these twitches. Thoughts are that the twitches are coming from all that medicine working its way out of his system. He has been on a lot of medicine for quite a while. Tomorrow will be 4 weeks of him being in ICU. That's a long time.
Because of the low grade fever they are taking cultures from everyplace and anyplace that has a tube. Also because his central line has been in for 13 days the doctor wanted it taken out and a pic line put back into his left arm. The PA is the actual person I talked to. She said that they don't like to leave central lines in for too long because of a greater risk of infection.
So this is where we stand right now: Dad hasn't had anything to happen to his brain since being in the hospital. Blood pressure is under control with a drip. Low grade fever --so they are still culturing every possible thing to see where it might be coming from. The PA did mention maybe doing a test on his liver to make sure it was ok and holding up under all the medicines dad has been getting.
Baby steps. Good days and bad days. We are in this for a time to come it looks like. I am so hoping dad will make it home before summer but I am trying to stay in the moment (which is hard) get things taken care of and the live one day at a time thing.....
Keep those prayers going up for dad and me. And keep them going up for Aunt Betty.
Kathy
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