Monday 10:30

Dr. Yedla and 3 other doctors came by and examined her.  She explained that the stone that was at the top of the tube nearest the kidney has moved back into the kidney.  She will wait to see what Dr. Jimenez wants to do about this.  She wants to send a Physical Therapist to begin to get her moving.  

Sally's oxygenation has improved.  Dr. Yedla wants her to do the "sucking machine" exercise at least 6 times a day.  Maybe every 4 hours.  This opens up her breathing and helps prevent her getting pneumonia.  She examined her back to explore the pain and it doesn't seem to be related to the tube.  It's probably because of being in the bed for so long so she wants her gotten up and begin to move around.  Sally will be given mild Flexeril to relax the back muscles and perhaps relieve the pain some.  Also, she will get a stool softener to encourage bowel movement.  She asked if the echocardiogram had been done yet and I told her that it hadn't.  Dr. Yedla just saw the CT scan and said there's no air in the right kidney so this kidney is a little shrunken (probably from the infection) and is smaller than the left.   This right kidney is where the stones are.

At 10:45 they came in and took her down for the echocardiogram.