Sunday AM 09-21-08

Mother is in a holding pattern today. That is good news. There is nothing particularly bad. She remains weak with some issues on her face. Her mouth was bleeding and that was not good. It seems that her lip herpes has gotten worse rather than better over the last 24 hours. Her blood tests looked good. Her tube feeding seems to be doing fine as the doctor said yesterday, that she is tolerating it well after consuming 300 ml. She remains on IV feeding as well. Her blood pressure is up from last night and that is good. She will have dialysis tomorrow, so no dialysis on either Saturday or Sunday. The doctor is planning to have dialysis three times a week for now. Her kidney doctor remains somewhat optimistic. He was the only doctor I saw this morning.

We took a "sedation vacation" tis morning where she was taken off all sedation drungs for about 1/2 hour to see if she is responsive and give her a view of the outside world. She listened to Wayne as he talked to her about her condition. She was not in any perceptible pain or discomfort during this timeout. She was fairly alert, responding to Wayne when he asked her to open her eyes. Her eyes were more glazed today than a few days ago, but the same as yesterday.

She is passing no urine. When and if she does, that will indicate her kidneys are coming back. The only number chemistry that is really high is her Creatinine. The kidney doctor said that was normal in this situation and not anything to be concerned about. Her white blood cell count remains at 14000 today. She is no longer running any fever. She is excreting fecal material in significant volumes and her bowels are making plenty of noise.

We anticipate church visitors today. She is not very well and should not have visitors in my opinion. She is not able to engage visitors now.