From what Scott said, dad was fairly alert most of the weekend. They were successful at weaning him a few hours at a time, twice per day. Thats all I got out of Scott.
Martha called today. He had a different pulmonary doc take a look at him. He has a bit of fluid surrounding his left lung, and it appears that the left lung has also narrowed at the left brochus. So, they are going to do a bronchoscopy today to figure out why. This may be the reason why he hasn't weaned. The food flooding into his lungs for the past few months didn't help either.
I found out that he did receive some blood product last week and they are also going to put him on lasix, as he is getting fluid accumulation again. They are changing his pain meds to a phentynel patch, so that should help with some of the pain he has.
I am going this weekend. I hope to stay with him both days.
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Liza - We stopped to see your dad on Monday morning. He was very tired and was laying on his right side so it was hard for him to communicate with the normal yes/no questions. The nurse said he was doing OK and that the temperature was causing him to sweat quite a bit. He seemed glad to see us even though it was hard for him to see us laying on his right side. Let us know if there is anything we can do to help.
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Thanks for going to see him. I asked Martha if she knew if you went to see him and she didn't. He just got some weird infection,but I think its in his bed sore and not in his blood stream which is good. Everyone says he seems to be a lot more alert now. You must have just got there at a bad time. :(
ReplyDeleteLisa - Even though he was not as alert, I could tell he was glad to have company which was a good feeling for us. We will go up some other time and see him. I have always been encouraged that he is doing as well as he is with everything he has gone through. Thanks to you and Scott for keeping the postings updated.
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