No posts for the past couple of days, because there really hasn't been much to say. Neurologically, Reg is occasionally opening his eyes and moving his right hand and foot spontaneously, but he doesn't really respond to commands. He isn't moving his left side.
His hemoglobin has stabilized after a total of 4 units of blood, indicating that the bleeding has stopped. They put him back on a low dose of heparin to prevent further clots from forming. (The filter is not an ideal solution because it only protects against large clots coming from his legs; small clots can still get through -- though they aren't all that dangerous, relatively speaking -- and clots that form elsewhere, such as in Reg's arms, wouldn't be stopped by the filter at all.) His breathing hasn't changed very much -- he's still needing 50% oxygen (normal is 21%) plus some help from the ventilator. Some kind of weird bug was cultured from the trach tube -- the nurse couldn't find the culture report but she said it was something unusual and not thought to be a contaminant; he's on Septra for it and it seems to be controlled.
So yeah, nothing really new here.
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