The nursing station in the ICU reports that Dad had another good night. His vital signs are stable and "look good", and there have been no changes to the ventilator settings. He will be receiving his fourth dose of itraconazole intravenously later this morning.

The doctors will be determining Dad's treatment strategy for the day after they complete their rounds. They will likely be removing the Swan-Ganz catheter monitoring his heart sometime later today. Coincidentally, Dad's next door neighbor in Hornell is Dr. Stephan Greenberg, and Dr. Greenberg recalls going to school with Dr. Jeremy Swan. Dr. Swan, who passed away in February of 2005, was a world-renowned cardiologist and the co-inventor in 1968 of the Swan-Ganz heart catheter. His invention, made with a student of his named Willie Ganz, revolutionized heart surgery. The catheter, which is still used today, enabled bedside monitoring in critically ill patients by measuring heart output and capillary pressure in the lungs. This improved the care of patients with heart attacks, serious burns, acute respiratory failure, and many other conditions. Click on the this link for more information including images of a Swan-Ganz Catheter .