Monday, April 28, 2008

Shots, Tests and Pills

They started Justin on a medication to reduce the edema in the brain. It works well, but can cause the patient to be aggressive and have really high blood sugar. Because he is on that, they must now test his blood sugar--it is high--and give him shots of insulin. He is also on a medication to stop the seizures. We don't know how many he had, but it was at least four. Good news is that he has not had anything even resembling a seizure since the ambulance ride on Saturday. They give their patients Prilosec for tummies because most of the patients have nervous, acidy stomachs. I'm not sure what else he takes, but it is a pile. He swallows all of them at once with no trouble.

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