After yesterday's bloody sputum started and continued this morning, David saw Dr. Clemo this morning. She agreed that stopping Pradaxa yesterday was good and said to stay off of it for the next three days and call her if anything gets worse or if he is still coughing blood after three days. She also gave him sputum sampling cups and he is to get a sample to day, take it to the lab and a sample tomorrow and take it to the lab. She said that these cultures take a few weeks. He feels much better after seeing her and her calm attitude. The fact that he has no fever and that his bp is low/normal indicates that whatever is going on is not urgent.
He is scheduled to work the polls tomorrow for four hours (It is Super Tuesday in VA) to lobby for anti-gerrymandering. The doctor recommended cutting it back to two hours.
So he is back to the house with me. I had no classes scheduled today or tomorrow since I assigned an online exam and the students can use their class time to take it but not in the classroom. That was really convenient this morning.
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