better days to come
well, nitric oxide has been turned off. the NO machine is no longer in the room...and each time something is removed we feel like we are a little closer to being back to normal. the peep setting has been reduced to 5 which is suitable for extubation. now, the oxygen level will be weaned through the night. at 4 tomorrow morning, the next part of the extubation protocol will be initiated which is the reduction of his sedatives and also decreasing respirations on the vent so he starts doing more work. hopefully this all means that he will be breathing on his own by mid morning.
he had his echocardiogram and cat scan this afternoon. the echo looks very normal and we haven't heard yet about his cat scan.
so, over the past few days we have had a lot of down time. not the type of down time that allows for anything productive, but i have watched some olympics. two questions: 1) why do they yell so much while curling? usually, the person yelling at one end is saying the opposite of the person on the other end.
2) how is it that ice dancers can a. mime smoking during their athletic event and b. wear jorts? i don't expect to really find out the answer.
anyway, we continue wait in our 35 square foot living area. and calvin continues to fight the good fight.
until tomorrow.
he had his echocardiogram and cat scan this afternoon. the echo looks very normal and we haven't heard yet about his cat scan.
so, over the past few days we have had a lot of down time. not the type of down time that allows for anything productive, but i have watched some olympics. two questions: 1) why do they yell so much while curling? usually, the person yelling at one end is saying the opposite of the person on the other end.
2) how is it that ice dancers can a. mime smoking during their athletic event and b. wear jorts? i don't expect to really find out the answer.
anyway, we continue wait in our 35 square foot living area. and calvin continues to fight the good fight.
until tomorrow.
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