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New chest X-ray on daddy shows some "nodules". They want to do a CT scan. He would probably need s stiff dose of Valium since you just can't tell a person in end stages of Alzheimer's to lie still. It is a tough call. Ambulance ride, meds, results that may give us a better idea of his status/prognosis, but not that he is in a place that we would start any treatment. But maybe we know where we are in his living will & what directives to give to the nursing home. At this stage, oral antibiotics become less effective. We will let him continue this 10 day regimen and see if it would help but IV antibiotics which may be more effective, are really not an option as he will pull it out. Last time when he was in the hospital even with us staying with him he managed to pull it out a few times. We will likely not approve any hospital treatment. It would not help him feel better at this point. Maybe he will pull out if it again. Time will tell.
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