Hopefully, a picture of Gage his last day EVER, on the ventilator.
Monday, February 9, 2009
About that Vent
Well, the doctor came in this morning ready to take him off the vent right then. It was the changing to the doctor's so we now have Dr. Jansen (one of our favorites). The nurse talked him into waiting for a couple of hours, because truly he wasn't quite ready. So, they were going to do it around 12:00 today. However, he was resting very comfortably and all his numbers (vitals) looked really good, so they decided to shut off all the sedative drips he was on. They also took out his foley catheter and took out his IV pole that had 8 pumps on it, all of which were being used a week ago. He is making progress, but now they want to make sure that the sedatives are all out of his system. He has been having some periods of apnea (stops breathing) and they think it is from the sedatives. So, they are letting him wake up on his own and then they will take the tube out. All in all it has been another steady and stable day. From a deep sleeping PICU, thanks for checking on us.
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3 comments:
He looks a lot more like Gage in this picture. It sounds so much better each day and we're all so happy to hear that. I know you'll be home soon.
Kay Patterson
Congratulations Gage!! We are so happy things are looking up everyday. We continue to pray for you all and send up many prayers of gratitude for Gage's recovery. Hope you will be home soon.
The Vaughan's
Come on, get the vent out already!!
Love,
your anxious (and lonely) Daddy,
Jason
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