Thursday PM Update

1. Steve was not responsive all day. He had mild fever in the morning and he began to cough. A CT scan to the brain was done in the morning. The coughing continued throughout the morning. He appeared to have a lot of flem in his chest. At one point, he exhibited signs of nausea and actually threw up a bit of his food fed through the G-tube. Steve's heart rate began to rise. The nurse attributed it to his coughing. An EKG was ordered.
2. His blood Pressure was normal in the morning, but dipped a bit at around noon time. The fever picked up a bit to 99.6 at noon. The nurse gave him some medicine for his nausea and it seemed to have suppressed the cough as well. The EKG was taken around this time. The pulmonary specialist came and checkout Steve's condition and said his current mental state may be due to the severity of his illness and his long stay in the hospital. Other than that, Steve looked fine. There's definitely some sort of congestion in his chest may be pneumonia.
3. At around 3 pm, Steve fever reached 101. That's when his blood pressure dropped to 89 over 50 something, from 129 in the morning. Frantically, the nurse tried to reach every doctor on the chart. The infectious disease doctor came first and declared Steve at a critical state and ordered steroid and antibiotic for his treatment. She also spoke to the Primary physician and gave order for Steve to relocate back to ICU for special care. During this time the cardiologist came and evaluated the EKG. Nothing was unusual from the result. During this time, Steve's breathing became very slow and quite shallow.
4. By 7 pm, Steve finally moved back to ICU in room#162, still in isolation. His vitals are stabilizing but his breathing is still weak. The CT scan of the brain came back negative for any fluid build up. In other words, no stroke. YEAH. Please continue to pray Steve and his family.