SEVERE PNEUMONIA

It appears that all the other cultures have come back negative so what we are dealing with is severe pneumonia. Dr. Smith said she has not seen this strain of pneumonia in a long time. But on the upside....his cardiac numbers look really good for someone who has chronic antibody rejection. They are going to go in and put a scope down his esophagus and try to pull more "junk" out of his lungs. His chest x-ray looked a little bit better today. He did still run a fever overnight but his blood pressure and heart rate stayed normal. They will probably start him on plasmapheresis tomorrow for his chronic antibody rejection...something he is going to battle from here on out. He is still on the ventilator. They want to pull a bit more fluid off of him and clear out the lungs as much as possible before they take him off of it. They are going to put a feeding tube in him today to start giving him some nourishment. He is still getting dialysis. He started to develop blood in his urine yesterday ....unknown as to why. I finally had them do an ultrasound to see where this is coming from. I am waiting for renal to review it and see what is going on. I am really concerned about it. He still has been running a fever of 100 and pretty well sedated. Please keep the prayers coming. He really needs them. Blessings....