Papa is getting stronger each day. As of yesterday, his doctor changed his diet to regular food. Last night was his first meal consisting of chicken with pasta and carrots and a couple of vanilla wafers for dessert. He enjoyed his food and kept it down.....no nausea and his g-tube remained clamped. This means that his stomach is healing where the bypass was done and his food is going down into the intestines. He ate again today , all three meals and has done well. His renal numbers are lower each day. They have removed his medi-port used for dialysis.
Now the not-so-good news.....The infectious disease doctor has taken a culture and discovered that Papa has a bacteria coming from one of his drains. It is contagious with contact, so anyone visiting him must gown, glove and wash their hands thoroughly afterwards. The bacteria is contained in the infectious fluid coming from the last drain that was inserted a couple of weeks ago. The bug is called VRE, (Vancomycin resistant enterococci). It is treatable with certain antibiotics, and although it is a serious infection, it is common in the hospital setting.
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