They seem to have found a cocktail of sedation /paralytic/BP medication that is working. He had his best night so far. The pressures on the ventilator are down (a very good thing) and his labs are good.
Balencing the fluids - what goes in and what comes out - is a difficult balence for anyone who has been on a ventilator for this long (about 9 days now). And he start running a low-grade fever this morning. They are doing some tests to determine possible sources of infection. Those results may not be in for 2-3 days.
We don't know yet how they are doing with finding all the parts and machines needed to place the stent. WE're still hopeful that they will be able to do this on Friday. (Otherwise we may be waiting until Monday.)
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Having been on a ventilator for an extended time. The best I can say is that it kinda puts the work of the lungs on "hold" as it were, and the machine "breathes" for the person. That may sound a little simplistic, even incorrect, but that is what I came away with the experience with. DaVid is relatively OK as far as the breathing/exchange of air goes, but most people do not know all of what the lungs do. The chance of infection is all too real, but they can jump on it real quick in case it becomes a real problem.
ReplyDeletePrayer is still the best we all can do to minister to our dear friend.