Ricky's spent all day in an emergency room bed and just made it to an inpatient room.
He came in with almost all of the signs of H1N1 (fever, chills, dizziness, lethargy, cough, headache, body aches, vomiting) and they eventually swabbed him for it. We'll have the results tonight.
His fever is now 103 *with* Tylenol on board. His chest x-ray, which looked perfect a week ago, is now not so great, with infiltrates in the left lung. His sats were 96ish when we got here and now he's around 90 and on the edge of needing oxygen.
He's started getting IVs of the antibiotics that treat his usual bugs to protect him from secondary bacterial infection... Fortaz, Tobramycin, and Trimethoprim. He also got a first dose of Tamiflu. I was ambivalent about that because of the side effects, but given how bad this got in a hurry, I finally consented.
Yeah, he went downhill quickly. Whatever this is, H1N1 or not, it's kicking his butt. His little sister is at her dad's while we're here, on her third day of fever, achiness, congestion, and possibly ear infection. My mom, Andrew and I have had various versions as well.
Hopefully he's on the road to recovery soon.
If you'd like to send him a virtual card, he is in room 3541 and his name is Richard Whicker. The link is right here.
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