Saturday, October 14, 2007

Today we woke up (Christa, Laura, Kelli, Steve, and myself) at 8 am and jammed to the hospital to see David again. He was having some difficulty with a fever, blood pressure, oxygen level, and his ICP (intercranial pressure). So, they gave him meds for all of those problems, and had him wrapped in a "automated, cooling blanket thing that went from his chest down to his knees" to get his fever down. The dr. and nurse had these under control very quickly. He started shaking some, and they immediately got a contraption to warm his hands up and put him on some more antibiodics. They are fearing that he might have a blood clot in his lungs, and probably pneumonia. They took him in for another CT to check him out. David is also on Dilantin to decrease the chance of seizures which are possible with this type of brain injury. Monday, they will be putting in a trachea, and a feeding tube directly into his stomach to help eliminate any other secondary infections, since this will be a long term recovery. The doctor on call today gave us a lot more hope, and said to be patient. The next few weeks and months of progress, will determine David's prognosis better.
Thanks to all of you for writing, calling, your posts, and your prayers. It is so good to hear and remember fun stories about David.
Patty