Peter continues to make slow progress. At this point eating is trial and error - eat something and if you don't puke or poop uncontrollably, then you can eat it again. He had scrambled eggs and oatmeal this morning and the jury is still out on them. He took some anti-nausea medicine and has been in and out of sleep ever since, but all is still where it should be.
We are still hoping he will get out mid week, but no one mentioned it during rounds this morning. They are continuing to switch his meds from IV to oral and they are switching his TPN to nighttime only. Hopefully that will increase his appetite.
He has some sort of bug that is antibiotic resistant so he is on contact isolation. it is not something that healthy people can get, but could be a big problem for others on the unit. So, while anyone is in his room we must wear gloves and gowns,and when he leaves the room he wears gloves and gown. Luckily they have XL gloves, so I can be fairly comfortable, but they sure get hot and sweaty, and typing with rubber gloves on is not easy. Needless to say, I am not doing any stitching right now either - would probably sew whatever to the gloves!
Not much else is new here.
Wendy
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