a little blip... hopefully

On Tuesday, a bed became available in the intermediate ICU in the afternoon, so Reg was moved out of SICU up to the IICU. We didn't realize it, so when Andy and I went to visit at about 9.30 after our hockey game (I got an assist), we had to grovel a bit as we were there after visiting hours. They let us in for a few minutes so we spent the time talking to Reg about our game, his new digs and other matters of great importance.

On Wednesday afternoon around 5.30, Reg's blood pressure dropped. The number one thing to think about in this situation is, could he be bleeding again? So they took him down for a CT and then brought him back to SICU. After a wait of several hours, they finally let Kirk and Andy in, albeit briefly and not to Reg's bedside. Turns out they didn't see any signs of bleeding on the CT, so there is likely another cause for the drop in blood pressure. The next most likely culprit might be sepsis or infection, though he had been afebrile for a couple of days (finally).

And today they actually managed to culture something from his PICC line (which is sort of a big IV intended for longer-term use). It was pulled today and I'm assuming that they put another one in at another site. He's back on antibiotics again.