Michael has been doing pretty good today. He is on a continuous antibiotic for his lung infection. He has not been running a fever and his white count looks great. His blood and urine cultures came back negative, which means the infection is only in his lungs. Mary, the day nurse, said they are getting copious amounts of phlegm from the lungs with good suction. It is good to be able to get the junk out. Better out than in, eh?
He is not on the books for the OR yet but it is anticipated that he will head there next week. He has periods of agitation and they are offering pain medicine and sedation when needed.
Bette was there for the afternoon. Her meeting with the insurance people discovered that she will be displaced from her home for at least a couple of months, not weeks, as she was thinking. That is okay, though, because it will allow a stipend for housing for the time they take to remove everything from the upstairs, clean and replace. Mike's side of the duplex will be gutted and remodeled. Chris will be there to help and make sure that Mike's needs are considered as he approaches a homeward journey...there is still a very long road ahead and it is anticipated that his stay in the Burn Unit will take months to complete. The take home that I got today is that he is stable, gracias a Dios.
More later,
and so we go
JaCee
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