Sunday, March 24, 2013
3/24
A quietish night. John did need some pain meds and the continuous dialysis clotted off. That is a common problem with continuous dialysis and it has happened to John several times before. It will be restarted later this morning. This morning he was a little tired (probably from the pain meds) but is getting more alert now. He is still maintaining his own blood pressure without pressors and his oxygen assist has been dropped from 50% to 45% and so far he is able to maintain his oxygen saturation at that level of assist. These are two improvements.
Here is an example of how much water weighs. John weighed about 170 when he was admitted a month ago. Today he weighs 203. That's a result of all the fluids he has been getting and the inability to withdraw much of it because of blood pressure drops.
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Continuing to read your updates obsessively! Glad to hear that you are back in your preferred hospital ward; it sounds like John is making some progress overall despite all the challenges. The water weight does sound impressive, and I'm sure it will be a big relief when he can move toward having it gone.
ReplyDeleteThinking of you, as always!
Audrey E.