Sorry I've been so long in posting - running back & forth to the hospital and between Glen's house and back home has been a little time consuming. When we went to see Glen on Sunday morning, he was running a temp of 102. He was also hooked up to the temporary pacemaker that had been left in when he had his original surgery. His heart was beating in an irregular rhythm, and was slow. Dr. said he was puzzled by this development and the cardiologist is coming to consult and try to find out why this happened, as his heart had been doing just fine after the initial slow start after surgery. It was mentioned that it may be necessary to place a permanent pacemaker in at some point. The nurse gave Glen tylenol for the fever and they are giving him lasix to pull some of the fluid off his body. By evening visiting hours, Glen looked much better and the pacemaker had been turned off as his heart was beating correctly on its own once again. The nurse also told me they did a procedure on Sunday afternoon to scrape the mucous out of his bronchial tubes (I think). This helps get out all the gunk. The doc said his pneumonia is getting better. I'll be checking on him again at 1:00 on Monday, and will try to post any new developments.
The doctor did say the best thing we could do for Glen was to keep him psyched up about getting well and wiling himself to get better. Dr. Misselback said he has had more visitors than he's seen anybody get in the ICU - and it's important that everybody be positive and upbeat that he will get better and that he has to keep a positive attitude and not give up.
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