John Ephraim Versluis

An update on Pop......Tony and I were there tonight and had a nice discussion with his night nurse. He was not responding to her neuro checks, but she said it is expected that he has good days and bad days. He has a staph infection in his lungs. That is causing the fever etc and that is a serious infection it could cause pneumonia etc but he is getting antibiotics for that. He also has water blisters on his neck which they think might be an allergic reaction. Some of you may have heard that they were going to put in a trach, but the Dr. decided against it for now. He is still on the vent. She said they are still looking for him to manage his secretions and that he has quite of bit of gunk in his lungs and throat etc. He isn't doing that currently. His mouth looks better but it isn't healed. They are still treating that. They also stopped his sodium today. If you all remember, they were giving him extra sodium to help the swelling and fluid in his brain. They stopped that and are looking for his levels to come down slowly to a normal level. If so, that would indicate that the fluid is declining and swelling is as well. We'll see. She said she suspects his squeezing is a reflex as he can't let go when she tells him to. Just some random things she was talking about. From Brenda