Blair followed ALL of his commands today when Alex (his younger brother) was in the room. He even stuck out his tongue when they asked him to. 😝 (Never have I been so happy to see a kid stick out their tongue!!)
His temperature is going up (101•) & they did a culture of the mucus in his lungs which indicated the beginning of aspiration pneumonia. The doctor has to look at the reports yet - but they are likely to begin an antibiotic very soon. His chest x-ray was pretty good - but with the fever and culture they believe that's what's happening. It's something that happens often in cases where people are unconscious for an extended period of time.
His heart as beating really fast today (140 bpm) so they did an EKG which didn't show anything significanr. They explained that they wanted to get a baseline reading to have in case his heart continues to be so high. He also continues to breathe rapidly and not deeply. It's possible that it's just a response to the pain in his chest where his ribs are broken - but it would be better for him to breathe deeper and less often.
Thank you all so much for your positive thoughts and prayers!! It means so much to our family that Blair has so many that care about him!! Your prayers on his behalf are being heard and answered!! 💜
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