Wednesday, February 8, 2012

Wednesday February 8th 5:00 a.m.

Doctors were able to insert a new drain which is now emptying more infectious fluid from a different area.  Dr. Dugas heard a little bit of pnuemonia starting to develop in Papa's right lung.  He reminded him to do his breathing exercises and stressed how important they are.  They will be doing a scope of his stomach to determine whether or not there may be any obstruction causing his stomach to empty so much into his g-tube.  After this assesment they will be able to start progressing his diet which right now consisits only of ice chips.

Correction:  Dr. Breaux does not want to irritate the stomach with a scope at this time , so they will be doing a contrast test instead.

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