Mom's 11/10/2012
hospital visit to
San Antonio's visit to Methodist Specialty and Transplant
Hospital
Steps:
1;Do Xray in New Braunfels, nothing showing up
2; Do CT scan of chest, pneumonia, go to San Antonio for treatment
Friday evening
3; arrive in SanAntonio, check oxygen level, low, get breathing going
and start oxygen
4: do another xray to confirm pneumonia & take blood for disease
culture & chemistry
5; start pneumonia-specific antibiotics, begin strict diet and blood
sugar control
switch focus to kidney health
6; begin kidney check with blood & urine tests, do a 2nd CT scan to
target the kidney, not lung
Saturday evening
7; get results of cultures to see which pneumonia and tweak antibiotics
for that variety
8; visit about CT scan and kidney chemistry results
Sunday-Thursday
pneumonia gone lungs healing
9; MRI and another two xrays
10; an ultrasound and a "procedure"
Friday