Merry Walker

Rick continues to have a low grade fever from time to time. Saturday, 060212, I noticed a sore on his lower abdomen just above the hairline. It is about the size of my little finger pad and has a hard core. I have asked the doctor to look at it, and they said it was an ingrown hair. I’m not sure about that. But they are going to start him on Onmicef 300 mg qid x 7 days today. But I got to wondering if it could be MRSA. So they are going to check for that before starting the antibiotic.

He is up and down with his awareness. When he has a fever it is worse. They have put him in the merry walker, which seems to be good for him. It keeps him from falling as much. He does get his feet tangled up a lot.

  He is forgetting to swallow a lot. He gets food in his mouth and just holds it there, especially if he gets too much in there. Then he can’t figure out how to swallow. This has been worse ever since his pneumonia.