They tried Dan on his back for four hours but his blood gas ratio went down to 70 so he is back on his stomach. The usual procedure is to keep him on his stomach for 16 hours and then try him on his back for four hours hoping to eventually work him up to eight hours. Because his levels went down so low they decided to keep him on the paralytic and will try again tomorrow. It takes two days to get results on the culture they took so we won’t know if he has pneumonia or any other infection yet. They will continue to administer a broad spectrum antibiotic to be on the safe side. His blood pressure is good and other lab tests indicate that his other organs are doing good (no apparent damage). They will call if anything changes.
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