Day 8

Bryan has had a pretty good day today. He has had a few friends to visit. They are trying to keep him asleep as long as the breathing tube is in. The nurses are having a hard time keeping him sedated, however. They have increased the sedation meds twice today. And he still wakes up! Talk about a hard headed person. We saw his chest xrays from this morning. The right lung is looking better than the left one. His white blood count is up from 16,000 to 18,000. This means there is still a lot of infection in his body, but he is trying his best to beat it. Bryan's temperature is still spiking every so often. When it does they are giving him tylenol through his feeding tube to bring it back down. His heart rate is in the 80 to 90 range. His blood pressure depends on how much sedation he has had. The more sedation, the lower the blood pressure.