University Hospital

I am going to blog because I can get information out to many this way. Ron was having difficulty breathing this morning. It had been getting worse for a day or two, but this morning he was distressed, so after throwing a few things in the car, we headed for the hospital. He felt bad enough that he wanted to go to the nearest hospital. He was seen immediately, put on oxygen, and bloodtests started. They contacted Dr. Mag at U of M, and there was no question but to take him by ambulance to Ann Arbor. He was in the ER at University Hospital where they ran many tests again. The initial chest xray in Coldwater showed pneumonia. He had had a CT scan of his lungs on Monday (when Ron was here for light therapy) which indicated problems, so he was scheduled to see a pulmonary doctor this week.
At this point he is being given an assortment of IV antibiotics and is on oxygen. He is in ICU because of the level of oxygen that is needed because his lungs aren't working well. We really won't know much more in test results until tomorrow.
We are getting freezing rain and snow here. I will spend the night in the hospital.
I know this infection is serious, but I trust them to fix things again. They put in an arterial line and 3 IV lines for his meds, so hopefully, a lot less pokes ahead. They can draw blood and blood gases from the arterial line.