Michael was admitted to Toronto General Hospital for the second time this summer on Wednesday evening. He had was fevered, vomiting & lethargic. He really appeared to be in a bad way. Thursday morning, his temperature had come down from 39/40 to 37.7. However, he was still extremely lethargic. Dr. McCready [an infectious disease doctor from Toronto General Hospital] came to the 10th floor to try to determine the cause of the infection. The lab confirmed her suspicion that he had a staph infection. We all have staph & strep bacteria on our skin. More than likely, the staph bacteria entered his blood via the pique line in his arm that was meant to administer the CMV antibiotics [CMV was the reason for his previous hospital visit a few weeks back].
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| Michael's cocktail of antibiotics & saline |
He is receiving Vancomycin to treat the infection along with two other antibiotics to continue to treat the CMV [one of which is Ciprofloxacin]. He had a chest xray and echo, both of which showed no damage to his heart. Hopefully, with the Vancomycin he'll bounce back & will be feeling more like himself in the next few days.
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| Numbers....actually Michael's blood pressure is probably higher than mine! |
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You have become the best example of why universal health care is key to the welfare of our nation.
Happy to be sending this note while not wearing black.
Kim says I have yet to be appropriate, so at least I am consistent.
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