STILL FIGHTING

Ron managed to get through the weekend fighting the whole way. He is still spiking fevers at night even with the dialysis machine..usually people's temps drop when on dialysis....but his fevers are getting so high ..it does not affect him. He is on two antibiotics to fight the pneumonia at this point. He is still have atrial fibs ....but mostly flutters now. His heart is trying to convert back to normal rhythm but is not quite there. They removed the swan line today and a different type line was put in it's place so that the nurses can have access to giving meds. They are going to try and bring him out of sedation today and try to start tapering off the ventilator. They are going to start him on plasmapheresis today as well and continue with dialysis. The blood in his urine has subsided ..it is still a dark color but seems to be improving a bit. The pneumonia seems to be the only infection we are fighting at this point...and that is enough... We can only hope and pray now that he will continue to fight it and kick it hard. I heard from some of the staff here at the hospital that a lot of patients have come in with pneumonia. One woman in her 80's next door to Ron did not make it...she passed yesterday. Keep praying.