Not much has happened since I last posted. He did have his MRI this afternoon. The internal doctor told Diane a little bit about it but I feel more comforatable posting more after the neurosurgeons do their rounds in the morning. No worries, just don't want to post something I'll have to correct later. :)
His temp was down to 99.4 this evening and he is having a little more vasospasms today. So, they increased his BP again to help pump those blood vessels up (remember water hose?).
My aunt asked how increasing his BP affects his kidneys and I will make sure I find out more details on that. I do know that his creatinine level was at a 0.9 today, but was up to a 1.9 the day of surgery. Just so you know, our Uncle's creatinine level was at a 7.5 the day he had is kidney transplant last November. Knowing that, I'd say Scott is doing pretty good. The doctors are obviously focusing on healing the brain right now (and I get it) but for the rest of us Cruickshanks, in the back of our mind, we worry about the kidneys too. Even when Scott is fully recovered (and he WILL be fully recovered...you got that Booger?), he's still going to have PKD.
Tomorrow brings a new day and we are so thankful that Scott's with us and that things are improving. I will post more on the MRI results and anything else as soon as I know. Night night.
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Tuesday, April 20, 2010
Day 13 Mid-day Update - (MRI TODAY)
Update to this post....Scott is probably just finishing up having an MRI today (3:00).
Sorry this post is late this morning....I think the main reason is because there hasn't been very much change since last night.
He had a restful night. Had a breathing test this morning for about an hour and only had slightly raised BP and HR with that. The breathing test is done by turning off the ventilator to see how he breaths on his own. We're pretty sure that even though he does a pretty good job with that, we're still looking at having a trach placed this week. This will help him transition easier to breathing on his own. It will also make him more comfortable when he does wake up. Again, could you imagine waking up to having a tube down your throat and not panicking?
He had a CT this morning and that came back fine. The swelling is going down and the brain is 'settling' back into where it needs to be. No major changes and pretty much where the surgeons figured he'd be.
One of the main doctors (the internal guy - he deals with everything else going on with Scott) wanted to get an MRI soon...so that may be today. I've gotten pretty used to them telling us they want to do something and then it doesn't happen that day due to one thing or another. So, if he has an MRI, I will give more details afterwards. I will give more details of the tracheostomy (tracheotomy is an incision into the trachea (windpipe) that forms a temporary or permanent opening which is called a tracheostomy - I had to look up what the difference was in spelling) later also.
I can't remember if I'd mentioned another thing that's been going on and that's his blood count. He's got anemia right now and they've been keeping a close eye on that to determine if he will need a blood transfusion. This is still a possibility but Diane said that his blood count is up today...so that's good. We'd obviously like to avoid any procedure we can. I really don't want to see him have horse blood and start 'neighing' all the time....just kidding.
As always...more later. :) Thanks for reading!!!!!!!!
~Betsy
Sorry this post is late this morning....I think the main reason is because there hasn't been very much change since last night.
He had a restful night. Had a breathing test this morning for about an hour and only had slightly raised BP and HR with that. The breathing test is done by turning off the ventilator to see how he breaths on his own. We're pretty sure that even though he does a pretty good job with that, we're still looking at having a trach placed this week. This will help him transition easier to breathing on his own. It will also make him more comfortable when he does wake up. Again, could you imagine waking up to having a tube down your throat and not panicking?
He had a CT this morning and that came back fine. The swelling is going down and the brain is 'settling' back into where it needs to be. No major changes and pretty much where the surgeons figured he'd be.
One of the main doctors (the internal guy - he deals with everything else going on with Scott) wanted to get an MRI soon...so that may be today. I've gotten pretty used to them telling us they want to do something and then it doesn't happen that day due to one thing or another. So, if he has an MRI, I will give more details afterwards. I will give more details of the tracheostomy (tracheotomy is an incision into the trachea (windpipe) that forms a temporary or permanent opening which is called a tracheostomy - I had to look up what the difference was in spelling) later also.
I can't remember if I'd mentioned another thing that's been going on and that's his blood count. He's got anemia right now and they've been keeping a close eye on that to determine if he will need a blood transfusion. This is still a possibility but Diane said that his blood count is up today...so that's good. We'd obviously like to avoid any procedure we can. I really don't want to see him have horse blood and start 'neighing' all the time....just kidding.
As always...more later. :) Thanks for reading!!!!!!!!
~Betsy
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