Dad had a horrible time Monday-Wednesday trying to wean. The longest he made it was 20 minutes. He wasn't struggling to breath, his oxygen saturation was just going way low. The respiratory therapist bagged down some saline to hopefully break up whatever is in his lungs and it seemed to work . He is off the vent today and has been for about 45 minutes.
We are still awaiting results from a head and chest CT they did on Monday. They are doing a chest X-ray on him now. The respiratory therapist thought the stuff she was getting out of him looked like the same color as his feedings. It better not be that!!!
He said said yesterday he was scared, but he also said he is still fighting. He knows that he can come back to Des Moines if he can get off the ventilator. He is trying to tell Martha something, so she went down the alphabet and he nodded at T. She then went through the alphabet again and he didnt respond to anything and seemed tired. So, he wants to tell her something that starts with a "T." I bet he is wondering about his new TV he hasn't watched yet. :)
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