Marshall Jones’ MRSA Story

We had a great day today, although Marshall had some back pain and nausea, his attitude was excellent! Finally! I think he is finally through with morphine withdrawal.
At lunchtime, he asked what was on the tray before I told him. Yay! I think his appetite is coming back!
Dr. Young had Marshall’s [...]

Oh misery. Marshall had another MRI this morning at 10 am. I cannot tell you how much he despises that. He has perfect memory of the hell that was his first MRI (see Day 3). To make matters worse, when he FINALLY got done with todays MRI, at noon, just when [...]

Marshall’s belly is upset again this morning. He had medium sharp abdominal pains most of the day, starting after his insulin dose this morning.
Dr. Young consulted today, he is a urologist. He wants to keep Marshall’s catheter in for now, until his output decreases and gets back to normal. He says Marshall’s [...]

Well, after not eating supper, Marshall woke up at 2 am with signs of low blood sugar again. I got him some juice, and naturally we overcorrected it and about 3 hrs later came up with signs of high sugar. Grrr.
His belly is upset this morning, is a little nauseous.
I went and voted [...]

Dr. Daftarian is back. We sure do miss her when she is gone!!
I need to ask her about putting ice on Marshall’s back, and tell her about Dr. Morgan telling us about Motrin toxicity. I also need to show her the lumps on his back, and ask her about his continuing confusion, and [...]