A FEVERISH DAY AND NIGHT

Dr. Smith finally stopped by this afternoon. She ok'd giving Ron Tylenol for his temp. They decided since he was still spiking fevers we would need to pull the vas cath they use for his dialysis and plasmapheresis...their concern is that the line was infected. It will be sent for culture. They will put a new line in him tomorrow so that dialysis and plasmapheresis can resume. They put him back on an Amiodorone drip to help with the atrial fibrillation and tacacardia that he continues to have intermittently. His blood pressure seems to be doing ok. If we could just get the fever down. He came close ot 103 degrees again tonight. They were suppose to send someone from the pacer clinic to check his pace maker too...but we never saw anyone today. His night nurse and I gave him an alcohol bath with very cold water and ice packs to see if we could help him break this fever. We just don't know what else to do. The Tylenol does not seem to be working. They are hesitant to use Motrin because it is very hard on the kidney's. I put an ice pack on his head and under his arms, in his groin areas ...anything we could do to get the fever down...we tried. Hopefully, sometime during the night ..it will break. The chaplain came by and prayed for Ron and the family...for healing..peace...strength and His presence here with us.