Thursday, April 15, 2010

Dad not feeling well

On Sunday Mary Ann called saying that Dad was experiencing the "teeth chattering" that he usually gets when he is going Septic. It all started years ago when we would rush Dad to the ER with his temperature sky rocketing, he would be experiencing Acidosis which usually was a result of a bladder infection. (that is my recollection). His temperature spiked at around 5pm Mary Ann gave him a regular dose of Tylenol along with Gatorade. His temperature is usually 97.6 degrees which is low but not for him; when he has a temperature of 102.6 it means his temp is up 4 degrees. Coumadin causes his blood to be thinner but also causes "feeling cold or having chills" so he is one complicated person. Carl is going to check with Dad's Doctor tomorrow to see how the urine and blood test turned out. Hopefully it is a simple bladder or kidney infection and it will be stopped with this antibiotic.

1 comment:

dontknow said...

I called him this evening and talked to him for about an hour after he got back from pizza at your house.