Dad's body isn't fighting the infection, and his organs are having a hard time doing their job. His kidneys aren't working and his blood pressure is still very low. His heart is working hard and his breathing is labored and rapid. They have put him on dialysis to control clean his blood and have intubated him so his body doesn't have to expend oxygen and energy to breathe. he is sedated and not in pain. he's getting fentanyl, vasopressin, levophed, esmolol, zosyn, phenylephrine, amiodarone and probably more but that's what i wrote down.
The next 24 hours are important, if he starts to stabilize, his outlook is a little more hopeful. They did say he was much more alert and responsive (before he was intubated) than they'd expect someone to be in his condition. He's a fighter and we are praying he's got enough fight left in him.
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