The lumbar test results came back last night and it didn’t tell the docs (or us) anything new. Right now it looks like it’s just the same virus that is causing the problems for Dad. His white blood cell count is still up, which is probably a result of his body fighting the virus.
His fever is down a bit today, but they continue to watch him closely, including doing additional X-rays and blood tests as necessary. The docs are slowly weaning Dad off the ventilator and as his strength and ability to breathe on his own improves, he’ll be taken completely off. Hopefully, today they’ll move him out of ICU to the intermediate care floor.
He’s been awake a little bit more today, but it’s mostly about the same. Right now it’s a little bit hard to tell just how aware he is of what’s going on around him. Hopefully, his breathing will now stabilize and his body can focus on stopping any further spreading of the virus. It’s a day-to-day process.
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