Day 121 - Urine Culture & Increase in Pressure Support
Friday, April 30th, 2021 Overall James had a good day and another great nurse who was very familiar with trachs and g-tubes. It was great to have James active during the day. A few episodes but very short lived. 9:00am Doctor Bedside Report & Hands On Increased the pressure support above PEEP from 20 to 22. (We think this has helped today to recover sooner.) We think James may have a UTI so he needed to get a urine culture done. Unfortunately that involved getting cathed. It will take a few days on the results. Increasing his feeds to 90ml (2 oz). Tomorrow we change Doctors, one that we've had in the past. Wonder if she'll recognize James. Lol 10:00am Tummy time on Boppy with baby mobile and YouTube Lullabies 11:00am Sterile Procedure Urine catheter placed for culture. So far by 6pm no bacteria has grown, but we will want to wait the full 48 hours. 1:15pm Physical Therapy PT stopped in to work with James. He was held for a short bit, focusing on him sitting up and holding ...