16th
August
2007
Thursday August 16, 2007
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I talked to the nurse this morning and she said it had been an ‘uneventful night’. What sweet words!!!
He is still on the ventilator and will be for a good chunk of the day. Dr is letting his body rest by using the breathing machine. Dr said ‘he was a long way down and it will take a long time to get back, but he is young and healthy so I’m confident that it will happen. It will just take time.’
The ICU nurse suggested that I not spend too much time in the room when he is on the ventilator because he wants to communicate and cant and it’s so frustrating for them. They aren’t resting when they are frustrated. Actually, I’ve had 2 nurses tell me that. Usually I go in, talk to him a bit, swab his lips and mouth and leave fairly soon.
When I left last night, he seemed in a more peaceful rest than earlier. The nurse this morning said that they were weaning him off of some of the painkillers, so he will probably be more fitful due to the increased discomfort.
I got about 7 hrs of sleep last night and the nurse agreed that I would be fine to come in after lunch rather than earlier this morning. The dr comes in about 6 or 7. Yesterday he came in between surgeries.
So I’ll be on my way before noon, take care of some business (we got his paycheck from the township, since he won’t be on the grader anytime soon, altho last Sunday morning he figured out how to get into the grader w/o pulling himself up, using a car wench and mounting it vertically and using the controls to lift a platform up and down. So who of you is surprised????)
Hopefully today will be good too, altho he will be in a lot of pain, as they continue to wean him from the respiratory and the meds.
Keep up the prayers. They are definitely being felt.
-”Jennifer’s mom”
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Thank goodness! He’s in my thoughts. **No More Setbacks!!**