6/4/09

Last night around 10 the nurse was giving Jon a bath and changing his sheets. They had Jon flat for about 30 minutes. When they sat him back up, his oxygen went down to about 87 and was not going up. They increased the oxygen to 70% and it still didn't go up. The doctor was next door getting a new patient situated so when he was finished he decided to do a bronchial scope. The doctor was able to get a lot of stuff out of Jon's lungs. After the procedure they had Jon's oxygen at 100%. By this morning his oxygen was already down to 50%. Jon's x-ray looked a little better today. Jon's white count was up a little bit today. The infectious disease doctor is also monitoring some of Jon's mucus. Some bacteria has grown on it, but everyone has bacteria so they are waiting to see if it turns into anything else. They also got Jon a vibrating bed. It vibrates and rotates. They will be able to use this for Jon's respiratory treatments. Jon's condition seems to change sometimes with his position. Jon's body fluid level is at 12. The normal level is 8-10. They are giving Jon medicine to help with this. Continue to pray for Jon's recovery. He is still very sick and has a long road ahead of him, but we have faith that he will continue to get stronger each day.