T's Mom Tonight

Things with T's mom are mixed as of right now.  Some things seem better, and others seem to be worse or, at the very least, not really improving. 

On the plus side, the creatinine levels are falling.  Slowly.  They are still way higher than they ought to be, but coming down, and so there is currently no move to bring in a nephrologist to manage the kidney failure.  Her blood pressure has come back up and is actually now tending to the high side, but that is normal for her.  She has no fever.

However...  Her oxygen levels continue to be worrisome, especially if she gets up out of bed to move around -- as in go to the bathroom.  Oxygen being delivered via a nasal cannula seems to be less than efficacious because mom tends to breathe through her mouth.  They've brought in a full face mask portable oxygen delivery unit for her to use when she gets out of bed.  There is still a lot of fluid on her lungs, and that does not seem to be improving.  We don't have results yet on any of the cultures, so the treatment for infection is still being done with broad spectrum antibiotics. 

All in all, things don't seem as scary as they were a couple of days ago, but it is clear that we are far from being in the clear with all of this. 

Thank you all so much for your continued kind words and good thoughts.  You are holding us up each day.

swan