January 24th

Brenda is still in the Surgical/Medical ICU on the Triadyne bed, she is listed as critical. Her Ventilator number improved again and she has new setting, PEEP is now 5 and Oxygen remains at 35. Today the X-rays of her lungs show improvement. They changed her dressing this morning. At noon they stopped her Dialysis. The Renial doctor will be watching her kidney output. Her Hemoglobin was low, she received one unit of blood. Her white count went up today and they are taking a culture to determine the source. This afternoon her blood pressure went down and they gave her fluids to improve it. Some progress with lots of concerns about blood pressure. The doctors are watching this very closely. This certainly is a long trip with many highs and many lows.