Good Day, Steve's Out of ICU

It is 5:24pm. Lots of progress today. Steve has been transferred back to the general medical floor at Los Alamitos Medical Center. The new room has a nice garden view. He is still weak physically.

His vital signs are steady and stable. If this condition holds, the doctors will remove the stent placed in his ureter on Monday.

Due to the likelihood of aspiration pneumonia, feeding has stopped since Thursday afternoon. Meanwhile, he will be given TPN (total parenteral nutrition) starting 9pm to boost up his nutritional level.

So far, the culture on his blood, stool and urine has been negative of bacteria.

He is back on Lasix to help drain the fluids.

This afternoon, the speech therapist evaluated and determined Steve does not have a full functional swallowing ability. Please pray for a full recovery. His ability to eat well is pertinent in nursing him back to health.