Saturday Update; 7/1/06
(Cari)Hello to all. Happy Saturday. I pray that you all had a pretty good day today. All was okay here in Chapel Hill.
Josh did alright today. They did try to "trial" him off of the ventilator and he did okay the first time, but struggled the second time. What they do is turn off the ventilator for 30 minutes and place oxygen over the trach and see how he does. They then turn the ventilator back on and try again later. As I said, he did okay the first time, but I think with everything he was doing it just wore him out and it was difficult for him to breathe easily the second time. Think of it as exercising. Josh has not completely used his own muscles to breathe for a month now and he has to work his way back to be able to function as it was before the accident. So each time they "trial" him off the ventilator he is getting a little workout for his lung muscle. Hopefully it will strengthen quickly and then Josh will be able to co mpletely come off of the ventilator. We will see how tomorrow goes. I am hoping they will give Josh a little more rest period between trials.
His agitation level was fair today. He is still was following commands at times, but you have to catch him at just the right time to get good responses from him. He is healing, it is just taking time. Thank you all for your continued prayers. I pray that you all have a great Sunday. We love you all.
Josh did alright today. They did try to "trial" him off of the ventilator and he did okay the first time, but struggled the second time. What they do is turn off the ventilator for 30 minutes and place oxygen over the trach and see how he does. They then turn the ventilator back on and try again later. As I said, he did okay the first time, but I think with everything he was doing it just wore him out and it was difficult for him to breathe easily the second time. Think of it as exercising. Josh has not completely used his own muscles to breathe for a month now and he has to work his way back to be able to function as it was before the accident. So each time they "trial" him off the ventilator he is getting a little workout for his lung muscle. Hopefully it will strengthen quickly and then Josh will be able to co mpletely come off of the ventilator. We will see how tomorrow goes. I am hoping they will give Josh a little more rest period between trials.
His agitation level was fair today. He is still was following commands at times, but you have to catch him at just the right time to get good responses from him. He is healing, it is just taking time. Thank you all for your continued prayers. I pray that you all have a great Sunday. We love you all.
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