Good morning! Ron had a pretty good night considering they had to keep coming in every hour or so to reposition him (prevent bed sore from progressing), check vitals, check blood sugar, hang antibiotics, etc. His numbers all look good enough to do the CT with contrast. They will begin administering the contrast soon and it will be every 30 minutes over 1 1/2 hours then wait 30 minutes to do CT scan.
So far, nothing in his cultures are "growing" which is very good...means no signs of sepsis if nothing has grown within 24 hours. They will continue to "cook" (as Dr. Lidell...Infectious disease doc, says) and she'll keep him on the "big gun" antibiotics until all tests are final, as well as results from CT. She says he doesn't "look like an ICU patient" anymore and she thinks they'll move him up to 6 West after his CT.
That's all for now! Will send more news as I know it!
This is Christie Nordell, reporting from Presbyterian Hospital, signing off!!!!
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