Daddy is still on the CPAP machine. When Dr. Chen had mentioned to us the end of last week that they would try taking him off some, he said he would talk with Dr. Keeley about it. We thought that had been done when the Respiratory Therapist took Daddy off the machine on Saturday. We did however question how long he was off it (12 hrs.), because Dr. Chen had told us they would have to do it slowly, only couple hours at a time. He was also taken off for just a little while Sunday morning until he was moved to PCU and was put back on for the move. He's been on it ever since. We found out yesterday afternoon that the Respiratory Therapist had taken him off the machine Saturday without any orders from the Doctor. Needless to say Dr. Keeley is monitoring this a lot more closely now and has only approved him to be off the machine a few hours a day, depending on how he's doing of course.
Daddy's red count is really low again. There has been talk about giving him more blood, but not sure if that's going to happen or not. His white count is elevated again and his kidney function is declining so they have restarted his IV fluids. The medications Daddy is getting for his headaches was working at first, but they have gotten really bad again so the dosage had to be increased. This does not completely take them away, but makes the pain more bearable for him. It's hard to see him in such excruciating pain and not be able to do anything for him.
Dr. Chen and the wound specialist should be in sometime this afternoon to redo all the wound vacs. and let us know how all that is healing. I will try to do another post this evening.
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I know the ups and downs of LeRoy's recovery are hard for all of you. I hope they can get him situated and more stabilized soon. As always, our prayers are with you all!
Carolyn Edelstein
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