Good Morning!

Bill was more alert this morning when I got here and not restrained. He keeps reaching for his nose, I think the ties around the feeding tube are tickling it.

He's been taken to the cath lab for his first biopsy and then will have another CT scan of his head. They are doing the biopsy through the groin instead of the neck as they usually do since he is already imobile. At least it won't be too much of a hardship on him to lay still all day. I don't know what physical therapy will think of that but we shall see when he gets back.

A new problem has come up, though. His blood pressure is dropping and his nurse Nelson is really concerned about it. He called the drs. as soon as he came on shift. They think it is because of the Bumax he's been getting. That's a diuretic he's been getting to take some fluid off. His target weight is 172 and he's at 202. It doesn't sound as bad in KG-78 is target and 92 is where he is. They are trying to mix any IV drugs into 1 bag if possible to use the smallest amount of solution and making sure he's not getting any fluids by mouth. Hopefully holding the diuretic will help with that.

All for now, I'll update when I know the results of the biopsy and CT.