UGH. So he has some kind of gram-negative rods growing in his lung, mediastinal chest tube and the pig tail drain. There is lots of it growing all over. They have yet to identify it. They changed up the antibiotics again and are waiting to get the exact identification of the bacteria and the resistance test results. He is feeling very crummy. They gave him more fluid last night and it just seeped into his tissues so he is again all swollen. Not to the extent he was before but pretty puffy. He has to really work to see his nurse today due to the puffy eyes. He lucked out and has his buddy Michael taking care of him. I am sure that he would enjoy it much more if he was able to play with him.
Joshua was kind of the "busy kid in the unit" last night. Never a good thing. They watched him very closely and continue to do so today. They started him on a vasodialator called Nipride in the hopes that it will bring his pressures down. They increased the Milrinone to 1 from .5 where it was most of yesterday. We haven't seen any major improvements yet. His fever creeps creeping back up and he remains on the cooling blanket. He is still fighting sedation...the little bugger.
Michael is planning on removing the chest bandage today. He has orange stuff all over him from the echo last night. I will be posting a picture later. He doesn't look too horrible but be warned.
Blessings,
Leah
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