Daddy had a good night last night and was wide awake when Mom and Crystal got here this morning. They said he was writing up a storm on his board. Dr. Chen came in for his morning rounds. He said everything was looking really good, but Daddy's kidney count was elevated this morning (up from 1.62 to 1.7). He said that all his mouth wounds (incisions) were looking good except for the place in the front side of his mouth that is still not wanting to close up. He said the wound specialist would be in sometime tomorrow and they would work on that. Dr. Chen also told Daddy he had lost 1 more liter of fluid and that he only had 16 more to go. At one point he had 27 liters of additional fluids on him.
Dr. Matthews (kidney Doc.) came in, said he didn't feel the elevated kidney levels were anything to worry about. He said that Daddy's kidneys were still being able to shed the fluids even though they stopped the lasix yesterday, so his kidneys are working and doing their job.
As for his breathing. Dr. Keeley lowered Daddy's pressure support a little yesterday evening and dropped his O2 level down to 40%. Daddy is doing great and his blood oxygen level is staying right around 97.
Hopefully if things continue to improve Daddy will be moved to the step down unit within the next week. They said they only have two beds/rooms in that unit equipped to handle the ventilator so it's going to depend on when a bed/room opens and if Daddy is ready at that time.
I'll update again in the morning unless something changes this evening.
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