They found out the type of organism/bug that is infecting mom and are now treating it with a specific antibiotic just for that strain since 2 p.m. today.
-Mom has a bladder infection and trachial bronchitis (both same bug/organism and most likely due to the tubes in throat and urethra)
-CT Scan with contrast, done yesterday, shows no basal spasms (good thing), no further damage to brain around site of aneurysm, but did show signs of a small stroke on the right side of the brain deep in the brain (this could be causing her slow motion on the left side of her body)
-She is still responding to pain and moving all limbs on both sides but right side is stronger than left
-Stroke could be due to poor collaterals (these are veins in same area that "cover" for each other when one vein is damaged..)
-They are weaning her blood pressure back down to normal and maintaining that beginning today (they were raising her pressure to "flush out" the veins in her head)
-There are no signs of pneumonia
-She still has a temp and it was 102 from 2-6 p.m. and rose to 103 at 8 p.m. (pray to rid her of this fever). They put ice packs all over her to get the temp down and may use an ice blanket if need be
-The stroke occurred some time after the aneurysm as per the CT Scan information
-Tomorrow, Thursday, at 7:30 a.m., they are doing a trachiotomy
-Friday, at 7:00 a.m., they are doing a PEG (percutaneous endoscopic gastrostomy tube). This is a tube that goes right into the stomach from the outside for feeding.
-The tubes in mouth and nose will be removed. This allows her to breath more naturally and she also won't be gagging from the other tube in her mouth any more.
-These tubes (trach and gastrostomy) are temporary, not long term. The trach hole takes 4-5 days to heal and close once removed. The gastrostomy tube takes 1-2 days to heal after removal
-They don't know the full damage from the stroke until she wakes up
Keep praying...thanks ever so much!
Love
Kath
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