Things are about the same with Tom. His ammonia level is still elevated but he's pretty alert. He's even been working on his iPad today.
Mornings are rough. He sleeps so deeply, when he wakes up it takes him a while to get oriented. He called me in the middle of the night twice last night. He was really out of it the first time but I was impressed that he was able to call me from his cell phone. The second time he was hungry.
We found out today that Dr. Rutland will be out all week. Dr. Richards will be looking in on Tom. He's been very good and is more involved than any of the other docs in the group (besides Dr. Miller). Tom is still getting a small amount of IV fluid just to keep the line open. The IV antibiotics were stopped yesterday. His WBC is 15 today. I'm not sure why they drew blood to test his Vanc level this evening if they are no longer giving him the antibiotic. I think the orders might be a little messed up. In fact, the nurse just confirmed that he shouldn't have had the blood drawn this evening - that was two unnecessary sticks!!
Tom's been very hungry and is eating well. He could probably stand to drink some more fluids.
He's down to two wounds that are still healing. One is well on it's way, the other is still awful!
We're still hoping & praying Tom can get moved to a skilled nursing facility close to home this week.
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