Sunday, November 25, 2007

Testing Continues at Hospital

Around 5:30am, they got us into Room 316 (they 1st sent us to rm. 547 - only to be sent back down to the third floor where he needed to be - another 1/2 hour detour). So about 6am, dad and I fell asleep and snoozed comfortably (me on couch) for about 2 hours. Now they are getting ready to check his blood. They took him off the blood thinner last night because his INR was a little too high. Now they will need to monitor him closely and readjust the coumadin to get it back in the 2 to 3 range. The GI doc came in and said he doesn't think that the nausea is related to anything with the stomach or gall bladder, but will do an endoscope tomorrow to rule out any kind of ulcer in the stomach, as well as a nutrition panel thru his blood work. They are not as concerned about the gall bladder now. They also are having a neurologist consult with him to check if they have any other ways of treating the nausea if it is neuro related. His heart rate seems good now. Please pray for the doctors to figure this out - and be able to help him.

1 comment:

Tim said...

We're so sorry to hear that your dad is back in the hospital, Mary Beth. We are praying that the doctors will be able to determine what is causing this, and treat the problems effectively. We shared your prayer request with the class at our church this morning, as well as the blog address. Please know that many people care about your dad and are praying for his recovery.

Love,
The Lang family