Monday, April 21, 2025 6:47am

Had a good night, just still trying to find the right combination of oral BP meds. Leah said it can take a while. Dr stopped by around 3:15am and restarted Esmolol for his BP. His heart rate dropped with it, so they stopped it. They gave Labetolol instead IV push to bring his BP down. Dr stopped by again around 5:10am and gave the nurses an order to start a different BP drip called Nipride if needed this morning. It is a med that can be titrated in smaller increments (unlike Esmolol). Still wanting his BP <150, and he’s been running around 160-170’s off and on overnight (with a higher heart rate as well).

Seth went for a CT scan of his head this morning around 4am. There was a whole team of at least 6 people that went with him again. They are following up on his last scan done on 4/15 to check his previous head bleed. Should get the results back this morning. His tidal volumes yesterday evening were 120’s to 130’s. This morning they are 170’s to 184! RT had to adjust his parameters because he was going higher than the limits previously set (great!) He had his chest xray this morning around 5:30. He’s tired now after all the tests done this morning. Labs are being done every 6 hrs still. All looked good this morning, except he may need some extra calcium. His WBC count is still trending down (21 in the evening and 19 this am- better!) No fevers. Sodium levels all normal now (141-142).

Nurse said they are planning on doing an EEG today now that he is off all sedation. This is all precautionary to check for seizures (not that they are noticing any). His pupils are still reactive. It’s a new day, a new week, and with Easter just behind us, we rejoice in the peace and hope we have in Jesus!

Prayers for today:

BPs to be better controlled

Stable CT results

Improved chest xray results

Tidal lung volumes continue to increase

Neuro motor responses to come back

Good EEG results

-Aunt Kerry

We are adding Seth’s cousin, Ellis to our prayers today. He is being admitted to the hospital as he’s terribly sick with high fever and other symptoms.

-Darcy