Wednesday Update: 6/21/06
Hello everyone. I hope everyone is having a great week - you're more than halfway to the weekend!!!
Josh had an okay day today. He was still pretty much agitated most of the time, but they are working on finding a good mix of medicine to help keep him calm. It is pretty much a balancing act. Mom and I really didn't stay with him much just to help decrease the stimuli around him so that he would not be so agitated. We just frequently went back in to check on him.
We spoke with the doctor this morning and she was trying to let Josh come off the ventilator on his own, but it doesn't look like he will be "awake enough" to do that any time soon without compromising his airway or breathing. He really needs to be able to follow commands and communicate in some form all the time so they can know for sure that if anything were to happen to his breathing they could help him out before he were to stop breathing and then have to emergently place the tube back in his throat. For this reason, they are putting him on the surgery schedule sometime Friday morning to have the tracheostomy and feeding tube placed. I really have a feeling that this will help alot, because I think alot of his agitation is the tube that is in his throat right now. I could be wrong, but we'll see. They did not turn down the ventilator settings anymore today because of his agitation. I think they will be more aggressive with this when he has the trach. He still doesn't have a a fever which I am very thankful for. We are trying to stay infection free so we can concentrate on his neurological status.
That is all the news for today. I pray that you all have a safe Thursday. We will be cheering on the USA tomorrow as they play their third soccer game in the World Cup (silently of course, for Josh's sake!). Good night and thank you for your prayers. We love you all.
Josh had an okay day today. He was still pretty much agitated most of the time, but they are working on finding a good mix of medicine to help keep him calm. It is pretty much a balancing act. Mom and I really didn't stay with him much just to help decrease the stimuli around him so that he would not be so agitated. We just frequently went back in to check on him.
We spoke with the doctor this morning and she was trying to let Josh come off the ventilator on his own, but it doesn't look like he will be "awake enough" to do that any time soon without compromising his airway or breathing. He really needs to be able to follow commands and communicate in some form all the time so they can know for sure that if anything were to happen to his breathing they could help him out before he were to stop breathing and then have to emergently place the tube back in his throat. For this reason, they are putting him on the surgery schedule sometime Friday morning to have the tracheostomy and feeding tube placed. I really have a feeling that this will help alot, because I think alot of his agitation is the tube that is in his throat right now. I could be wrong, but we'll see. They did not turn down the ventilator settings anymore today because of his agitation. I think they will be more aggressive with this when he has the trach. He still doesn't have a a fever which I am very thankful for. We are trying to stay infection free so we can concentrate on his neurological status.
That is all the news for today. I pray that you all have a safe Thursday. We will be cheering on the USA tomorrow as they play their third soccer game in the World Cup (silently of course, for Josh's sake!). Good night and thank you for your prayers. We love you all.
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