Sunday, March 28, 2010

Ian update 3-28

There's a little progress each day. They've gone down on a few things but had to bump up a little as well. It seems it's a fine balance. Below are a few specifics.

- He's still doing well with the regular ventilator.


- They had brought his oxygen down to 63% but have had to bring it up to 70% again because his sat was dropping


- X-ray show air in the bowel area which made his doctor happy.


- They are changing his position every few hours to help clear his lungs.


- They are lowering the Fentanyl (sedation) so he's "waking up" as his nurse said today. He's a bit more "active", which is relative, just meaning he's moving his feet and hands a bit more.


- The swelling of his face was down quite a bit today from yesterday. They've increased this diuretic to every 6 hours instead of every 8


- They've put his blood pressure drug on hold because it's been creeping up too high so he's not needing the help to keep it up for now.

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