Thursday, August 20, 2009

Thursday PM

Pauline and I visited Dad again around 9pm tonight. He was much more peaceful due to the propofol, but it was necessary he be resedated. He has been transferred from the SICU team to the MICU (Medicine) team this afternoon, which makes sense as they're usually the ones who take cases like Dad. After some time wasted getting him reintubated, he had a CT scan and an ultrasound of his kidneys. Pauline and I met with the new medicine resident and went to look at the images in radiology with him. The CT showed Dad's hemorrhage as being unchanged, and the ultrasound showed no renal artery stenosis, a possible cause of his unexplained refractory hypertension. All in all, today was a hard day as Dad wouldn't wake up from the sedation, and nobody knows why. We're all hoping that with a few more days rest and recovery he'll be more aware of his surroundings.
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  1. mollyAugust 21, 2009 at 9:03 AM

    we will all continue to pray for phil, and all of you. this is such a difficult time and our thoughts are with everyone. please please let us know what we can do.
    molly

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  2. UnknownAugust 21, 2009 at 9:49 AM

    Thanks, Larson.
    Glad that the imaging studies were ok. Hoping your dad is getting some much needed rest so is ready to wake up in the next few days. Hope you all get some rest., too.
    Much love and healing energy and support to you all.
    Joanney

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