Sunday August 15, 2009 (Day 18)

Evening Update:

Daddy was a lot more alert this afternoon. He was writing on his white board and communicating very well. I was doing his physical therapy with his arms and he started opening and closing his hands and even started lifting his legs and moving his feet and working them on his own. His fluid retention is a lot better and he was not near as swollen this afternoon/evening.

Sometime this afternoon Dr. Keeley switched Dad from the Bi-Vent to CPAP. He has done very well on the CPAP setting this afternoon/evening so hopefully we are one more step closer to getting him off the machine. Once he is breathing on his own they will let him get up and move around. Which will help with everything.

His blood pressure is doing OK, but his heart rate has still been low today (49-50). His sugar has been pretty stable too.

I will update in the morning after Dr. Chen's evaluation.


Morning Update:

Daddy was a little more alert this morning, but was in right much pain so they gave him one of the stronger pain meds which knocks him out. He did have a temperature last night but they gave him medication and it was down this morning. He still has a lot of swelling and Dr. Chen has told us that we can do a little physical therapy with him on his arms and legs. He said that movement will help with getting the swelling down and he showed us what he wants us to do.

As of the writing of this post Dr. Keeley hasn't been in to see Dad yet so we don't know if there is any changes with his lungs.

Not much else to report right now, but..... that's a good thing, right?

Thank you to everyone for your continued prayers for Daddy.