Mike had a relaxing night

10-31-07 @ 9:15/AM – Mike had a relaxing night. He continues to breathe on his own without assistance from the ventilator – his blood pressure, heart rate and Glasgow Coma Scale remain the same. Mike continues to fight a fever as the nurses try to reduce it with the cooling pad and Tylenol. Some of the culture results show that he has a Staff infection in his lungs. Yesterday, new cultures were taken to further investigate the infection. The plan for today is to insert a Pike IV, which gives them better access to his blood stream and to talk about the possibility of inserting a filter in the Vena Cavas to filter off potential blood clots.——————————————-10-30-07 @3:40/PM – Mike is doing well today. He is breathing on his own – his blood pressure and heart rate are stable – fever is still up and down – and they have inserted the feeding tube. They have started him on some antibiotics to fight what appears to be some kind of infection in his lungs