friday afternoon visit
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Hi all,
Arrived at hospital and found a surprise guest in the waiting room! Rene Ligonet, for those of you who do not know Rene, we was Barrie's Co Pilot at Le Mans in 72.
Visit was not as encouraging as yesterday and in contrast to the past week, Barrie was very hot and almost to point of having a fever.
Nurses said that his body temperature was up slightly to 38.5. I was explained after that he may have an infection coming back in the pelvic fixation area.
They can not tell me anymore as they have sent samples off for analysing.
We must now wait and see what they come back with, before they decide to pit him back on any anti biotics and of course what type.
I spoke to his pysio, who said that his exercises were going well and he is able to now raise both arms and squeeze his fingers. She has also worked on legs but said his right knee was hurting, so she did not push too hard.
Breathing again on his own for a few hours, so they are still hoping to get tube out of his mouth early next week.
Kidneys are only functioning at 25%, so no change there.
He had some pain from a dressing on his left angle, probably heal, so they pumped some extra sedative into him, instead of him having and additional discomfort.
He was very please to see Rene, however after 30 mins into visit he wanted us to go , as he needed something attending to by the nurse.
We left him in peace. Rene and I had a quick coffee together and then dropped him off at the station. Too late to go home now, so will sit around the Hospital car park and await next visit.
Hopefully his fever will calm down by then.
Regards
Max
Arrived at hospital and found a surprise guest in the waiting room! Rene Ligonet, for those of you who do not know Rene, we was Barrie's Co Pilot at Le Mans in 72.
Visit was not as encouraging as yesterday and in contrast to the past week, Barrie was very hot and almost to point of having a fever.
Nurses said that his body temperature was up slightly to 38.5. I was explained after that he may have an infection coming back in the pelvic fixation area.
They can not tell me anymore as they have sent samples off for analysing.
We must now wait and see what they come back with, before they decide to pit him back on any anti biotics and of course what type.
I spoke to his pysio, who said that his exercises were going well and he is able to now raise both arms and squeeze his fingers. She has also worked on legs but said his right knee was hurting, so she did not push too hard.
Breathing again on his own for a few hours, so they are still hoping to get tube out of his mouth early next week.
Kidneys are only functioning at 25%, so no change there.
He had some pain from a dressing on his left angle, probably heal, so they pumped some extra sedative into him, instead of him having and additional discomfort.
He was very please to see Rene, however after 30 mins into visit he wanted us to go , as he needed something attending to by the nurse.
We left him in peace. Rene and I had a quick coffee together and then dropped him off at the station. Too late to go home now, so will sit around the Hospital car park and await next visit.
Hopefully his fever will calm down by then.
Regards
Max