{"id":449,"date":"2011-04-30T12:42:56","date_gmt":"2011-04-30T17:42:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.chrisgiles.org\/blog\/?p=449"},"modified":"2011-05-01T11:51:10","modified_gmt":"2011-05-01T16:51:10","slug":"back-to-the-hospital","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisgiles.org\/blog\/2011\/04\/30\/back-to-the-hospital\/","title":{"rendered":"Back to the hospital…"},"content":{"rendered":"

We had to take Chris back to the ER at Methodist Hospital last night.\u00a0 He’s been having problems with his digestive tract the past couple of weeks, which culminated in vomiting and the nurse at RIOSA having to “decompress” (remove the contents of) his stomach around 9pm.\u00a0 Chris was moaning a lot, and is probably in quite a bit of pain.\u00a0 The doctor at Methodist called it “ileus<\/a>“.<\/p>\n

Chris is still at Methodist today, and they’ll be doing a CT scan of his abdomen at some point.\u00a0 My mom thinks this has all come about from Chris being stuck in his room the last few weeks in isolation, thanks to the probable false positive for A. baumanii<\/em> that was reported when Chris was at Methodist for the seizures.\u00a0 Argh.\u00a0 This isolation severely limits the types of PT\/OT therapy Chris can receive – they can’t bring the equipment into the room, he can’t be folded over bolsters, stretched around, etc., which would help keep his bowels moving normally.<\/p>\n

Subsequent weekly re-tests for A. baumanii <\/em>have been coming back negative, but it looks like the isolation is permanent for the remainder of his stay at RIOSA.\u00a0 Methodist cannot retract the results of the first test that caused the isolation, even if the sample was improperly collected.\u00a0 It’s also strange that at Methodist, they don’t have Chris in isolation, nor are they following any contact precautions – apparently this stuff washes off the skin when you shower, so it’s not as serious as we thought even if Chris had the dang thing.\u00a0 Inconsistent?\u00a0 You bet.<\/p>\n

Other bad news:\u00a0 my dad damaged his spine while transferring Chris a few months back.\u00a0 His condition has been deteriorating since and he’s going to need some pretty serious – and possibly risky – surgery soon.\u00a0 Upper thoracic – it’s even affecting his fingers along with his legs and feet, and there’s constant, severe pain to manage.\"\"<\/a><\/p>\n

Update:<\/strong> Chris is doing OK at Methodist Hospital.\u00a0 They went ahead and setup a contact precaution bag on the door, so we’re wearing disposable gowns, etc., when we enter the room.\u00a0 Methodist is continuing to hold everything delivered through his PEG tube (IV line for medications and fluids, with no food).\u00a0 He was really alert yesterday evening, too (accompanied by the occasional blank staring, which is probably a small seizure).<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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