Marshall Jones’ MRSA Story

Marshall woke up at 4am complaining of terrible back pain- he took one Lortab and that helped enough for him to get back to sleep.
The overnight nurse was a very vivacious spanish woman, but she couldn’t set Marshall’s IV to save her life (he is picking the IV out, as well as the leads now). [...]

Nurse Mary Beth is back again, and is an idiot. I guess she could be overworked, but I think she is just tired of her job and going through the motions. I popped awake at 5 am this morning, when my subconscious heard her giving Marshall a shot of Morphine. 2 days [...]

Rough day today.
4 hours of dialysis, removed 4 liters of fluid. Dr. Morgan changed the dialysis order to every other day. Marshall loves dialysis. This cracks up the dialysis techs everytime. They say that NO ONE loves dialysis, but Marshall always says Hooray when they come, because he says it makes [...]

Marshall was moved to room 256 (telemetry unit) at 10:30am today. The nursing care here is unbelievably bad. He is hooked up to a remote monitor, which is in a room with constant supervision, I guess this is why the nurses don’t have to be very attentive. We are in the very [...]

Marshall is back in full force!
His penis is sore-possible infection in catheter?
He had a Diet Big Red–”unimpressive” [he hasn't had one since!] Big Red was his favorite drink prior to all of this. Probably helped put him into diabetes, along with his favorite HEB “Pineapple Cheesy Ring!”
He is itchy all over–”itchy and bitchy.”
Had [...]

Marshall is a little depressed today.
Seems that he has limited use of his left arm, and maybe a little confusion, he is hard to read.
They took 4.2 liters of fluid off in 4 hours of dialysis today.
Day nurse-Clara-sweet lady.
Dr. Spencer says he is doing well, and his “lungs are no longer a problem.” Hallelujah!
I [...]

5:30- Me, CB, Uncle Donald
Marshall’s temperature is down, he is sort of awake. BP is a little low still.
9:30- I am here alone.
Dr. Spencer is getting ready to remove the ventilator. He is now on day 11 of the ventilator. His breathing is rapid–he is having a hard time keeping it under [...]

CB and I were at the 5:30 visitation.
Marshall has a 102 degree fever. His blood pressure is low, 108/56, he is sleeping like a baby.
I have to take my brother to Hobby, so will miss 9:30am visitation. Rick brought Marshall’s cartoon last night, what a special gift from a very very special family!!
1pm visitation-
Dr. [...]

Jason, the overnight ICU nurse said Marshall’s rash was due to a reaction to Vancomycin. This is his opinion, I need to talk to Dr. Lemos.
CB and I were here at 5:30, as usual.
Marshall still has a low grade fever, still

Marshall was a little wiggly this morning, trying to adjust his position [...]

Marshall has had a low fever all day (

Joe Gorzycki and Paul Sandel were there with CB and I at the early visitation. Paul has been unbelievably sweet and emotional over this. It was nice to see them bright and early this morning.
At the 9:30 visit, Dr. Spencer said that they tried to [...]