Patty has been doing better on a couple of fronts. Notably, her breathing has been improving and her blood oxygen saturation has been quite steadily in the upper 90s to 100 percent. That's an encouraging change. The ventilator is assisting minimally, and a lot of her breathing is spontaneous, rather than initiated by the ventilator. She's back to drinking (through a feeding tube) a couple of ounces of milk at four-hour intervals, six time a day. That's encouraging.
She did have an ECHO (don't even know if I am spelling that right, and don't have time to check it at the moment) yesterday afternoon (or was it the day before?), but we haven't heard the results yet. She's been getting a couple medications to increase her heart rate and blood pressure. I think those being low may be a side effect of the antibiotics. (I need to research Dopamine more, to learn more about that. Dopamine and Dopadumine (sp?) are the meds being given to raise the heart rate and blood pressure.
This morning she was very chirpy and active, wanting to kick her feet around, with eyes wide awake. That's nice to see, when she's been sedated so often. Although, one reason she is often sedated is to keep her from being so active, and possibly pulling the breathing tube out of her mouth and throat.
Still a lot of phlegm, and I am looking for an opening with the doctor(s) to explore the possibility of getting more than milk into her diet, and possibly some herbs.
It's a little laid back at this moment, a little cooler today, figurattively and literally. I don't know why my wife has her guard down a bit for a change. But, I'll go with it. I am hoping that spending time at the computer writing will soon be a more acceptable way to spend time than watching TV. But in the meantime, I steal time here! Okay! Gotta go!
She did have an ECHO (don't even know if I am spelling that right, and don't have time to check it at the moment) yesterday afternoon (or was it the day before?), but we haven't heard the results yet. She's been getting a couple medications to increase her heart rate and blood pressure. I think those being low may be a side effect of the antibiotics. (I need to research Dopamine more, to learn more about that. Dopamine and Dopadumine (sp?) are the meds being given to raise the heart rate and blood pressure.
This morning she was very chirpy and active, wanting to kick her feet around, with eyes wide awake. That's nice to see, when she's been sedated so often. Although, one reason she is often sedated is to keep her from being so active, and possibly pulling the breathing tube out of her mouth and throat.
Still a lot of phlegm, and I am looking for an opening with the doctor(s) to explore the possibility of getting more than milk into her diet, and possibly some herbs.
It's a little laid back at this moment, a little cooler today, figurattively and literally. I don't know why my wife has her guard down a bit for a change. But, I'll go with it. I am hoping that spending time at the computer writing will soon be a more acceptable way to spend time than watching TV. But in the meantime, I steal time here! Okay! Gotta go!
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