November 2 -Day 52

Yesterday Jeff developed a place on his left arm. It sort of looks
like a bruise or a rash. They had the infectious disease doctor look
at it and she thought it was possibly a blood clot from his PIC line.
She ordered an ultrasound, the results were negative. He does not
have a blood clot. They are still unsure what it is.
His heart doctor came by and said that everything looks good today
from a heart standpoint. The lung doctor came by and set his
ventilator on CPAP mode. Jeff is currently breathing on his own.
They wanted to take him off the ventilator today but Jeff has surgery
scheduled at 8:30 in the morning. Jeff also has fluid in both of his
lungs so they are going to drain the fluid off his right lung today
and his left lung tomorrow and get him off the ventilator tomorrow
after surgery.
Jeff is retaining a lot of fluid and his BUN number went up today
instead of down. I am praying that this does not mean his kidneys are
not working as well as they had been. Pray that his body will start
getting rid of the excess fluid.
Jeff is also in more pain today. They had to cut his pain medication
in half and will soon take away the sedation medication as you cannot
be on sedation medication and off the ventilator.