Initial Results

Whoops! I just realized that this didn't actually post-- it's from later yesterday afternoon...

All of the initial labs for Thomas look good. His white blood cell count is good/normal as is his CRP (C-reactive protein). An elevated level of either of those would be a marker for infection. The test they did to detect a virus came back negative as well. They did another chest x-ray and noticed a bit of a change from yesterday; there's a bit of white cloudiness (potentially fluid) in an area on the left side. They decided to give him a dose of Lasix thru his IV to help flush out extra fluids. They'll probably repeat the x-ray again tomorrow and will continue to look for potential growth (sign of bacterial infection) in the blood they sent to the lab for culture.