Thursday, December 18, 2008

One more thing for Bruce

Surgery went well. He is still not responding with hand squeezing, etc, but that is because of the pain meds. They are trying to get Bruce off the IV meds so he can be on an "as needed" type of medicine. When that happens, he will be more awake. Of course he may be on that as long as he is on the ventilator. I learned today that a major reason for him being on the vent is because he has "multiple rib fractures." So that makes in very painful to breath. But in that conversation, I also learned of a new complication.
Bruce has pneumonia. It's not real bad. They caught it early. They took sample of the fluid in his lungs to see what type of pneumonia he has. They started treating it with Zosyn (piperacillin) this morning. This is one of the complications that could get ugly so please pray for Bruce and his medical team to stay ahead of this.

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