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BEAR you the MAN Please do as directed and get well Love the LION ROAR prayers comming your way "Carole K. Menser" wrote: > Hi -- > > I'm saving all your messages so Ted can read them when he comes home. > Neurosurgeon says next Thursday -- maybe and hopefully. He will get the > line under his clavicle Monday and be on antibiotic therapy for three > months. The doctor changed the dressing and removed the drain today and > said everything looks good. Also removed the Foley catheter and told Ted he > could get up and walk to the bathroom, sit in a chair, move around a bit, > etc. His head no longer hurts to touch it. He probably doesn't have > shingles after all. Rather some sort of very nasty infection. They will do > a CT scan this afternoon to look at the brain again and also to look at the > sinuses to see if they can figure out how the organism got there in the > first place. They think maybe from the mastoid sinus on the right side. > Ted is complaining about having more tests done -- so he must be feeling > better. :-) Also an orthopedic surgeon will examine his right arm today. > After the paramedics put him on the gurney he started to complain of pain in > his right arm and can't move it a lot w/o pain -- such as trying to put food > into his mouth. This, of course, is a major problem!!! LOL! However he > managed to scarf down lunch as a lefty.