Morning Update

Ryan Robson (My Cousin, Pam's Youngest) & Dad - Photo Courtesy of Ryan Robson

I think this was taken at Grandma & Grandpa's 50th...

Serena is his nurse again today... She is very nice! And I am going to have to put "foot in mouth" because whoever was visiting Dad this morning (Serena didn't catch his name) told him about my Blog, so Serena pulled it up on their computers & printed it out for him (apparently he's reading it as I type this...which is very cool) - I might have said a few frustrating things about some of his nurses throughout his ICU stay, so I APOLOGIZE!!! :)

His Potassium & Magnesium are still low today - They are giving him more through an IV right now to try and get those levels back up... Low Pot/Mag can lead to dangerous heart arithmias (sp?), which he obviously doesn't need. She is going to check his levels again in a little bit...

Serena said that he can still answer direct questions okay, but sometimes he seems to still be "talking out of his head"... They are still chalking it up to the heavy sedation he was on at this point.

Throat/Physical Therapy - The speech therapists are scheduled to work on his throat muscles today (he is still on TPN/IV Nutricion - Which Dr. Farless wants to keep him on for at least 1 more full day to re-assess his throat situation) - They never made it back yesterday unfortunately, grrrrrrr, which Serena said was most likely due to their busy schedule. He did finally get his "neck beard" shaved last night, so he should be good to go when they come by today. The physical therapists have already been by to work with him today - She thinks they just did therapy in bed, and didn't try to get him walking around - Although, he did get out of bed with the help of different nurses a few times over the last 24 hours to use the bedside toilet... Progess, I suppose!