HE IS CURRENTLY
IN ROOM 318 A
OK, from the hospitalist. He’s the guys who
works on the floor who is not a specialist, like a kidney doctor or a surgeon
specializing the pancreases:
-Mikes’ low
hemoglobin is caused both by his end-stage kidney disease and his sleepy bone
marrow. He said the kidneys are like the foremen; they instruct the bone marrow
to do the work. The bone marrow is like
the factory producing the blood cells. This means both the foreman and the
factory are offline. Besides that, some
of the blood cells are being detoured to the site of the injury, which means
there is less to go around for normal functioning.
-They’re unclear
if he merely has an inflamed pancreas or he actually has an infection. If he has an infection, they will have to put
a drain in his abdomen, which is dangerous. He is currently on antibiotics for
pneumonia; he had aspirated liquids into his lungs – they think from his
stomach juices. The antibiotics will be over tomorrow. If his fever spikes, they will know there is
an infection there somewhere. Going into
the abdomen is dangerous. I will keep
you posted.
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