Delayed update from last night

I hope this works, I blogged to the wrong address last night, oops!

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From: "Paul Maconi, Jr." <paul@paulandkristy.com>
Date: Feb 16, 2010 10:36 PM
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To: <mo@paulandkristy.com>

Paul is doing quite a bit better today.  He is completely off the levophed now and his bp is holding steady at a decent pressure.  Drs orders are that as long as his systolic pressure stays above 80, he doesn't need it.  Its currently at 124/21 (59).  They also took out his arterial line.  It had come a little loose and wasn't giving accurate readings anymore.  I think its a good sign that they didnt replace it - they're happy with bp readings every 15 min instead of constant. The levophed is the med that's been keeping his bp up and that the dr said was a really good sign when he's off it.  Hooray!!! This drug also has some affect on his kidneys, so they might start kicking in now, but they still won't be fully functioning for awhile. 

His CK numbers are down to 13,793, from 38,000 yesterday and his creatinine is down to 5.4, from 7.4 yesterday.  Normal CK is 230, normal creatinine is 0.6-1.3.  He's getting there...

His incision is looking good, we took the bandage off today.  It was a lot like a jock strap and was really cutting into his legs, so hopefully that will eleviate one source of pain.

He had PT again today.  I wasn't here, but Paul told me they did leg exercises and it wasn't as bad as yesterday.

He's eating better, still not eating a whole meal but he's trying hard.  He's getting lots of the supplement drinks too.