May 2, 2011 Update

Dr. K just finished lancing Dad’s abscess. Mary said there was a lot of fluid inside. They did it right there in the hospital room and then packed it with some wicking material to draw out the infection. Dad was under a small amount of morphine for the pain and he tolerated the procedure well. If I had to speculate on what the next few days hold, I would say Dad will stay in the hospital, remain on antibiotics, and have the nurses change his dressing. There is some concern over his kidney function and there may be more on that in the coming days.

His blood pressure remains good and his temperature is back to normal.

That’s it for now,

John

Tom called with Dad’s recent vital signs:

Temp 97.1 down from 100.2 last night

BP 130/61

O2 Sat rate 97

Heart rate 60

There is fluid coming out of the incision that was done to remove lymph nodes. Doctors are supposed to come by this afternoon to evaluate and recommend solutions.

Mary was going to bring Dad some food from the outside so at least he would have a good lunch.

That’s it for now.

Love you,

j