We received a call at home tonight from the cardiac surgeon that performed the surgery on Slim today. As they were weening him off of the ventilator tonight. Slim's heart rate went up and his blood pressure went down. They have decided to hold off on weening him from the vent for tonight. They have put him on a low dose nitroglycerin drip and sedated him so that he can relax and sleep tonight.
Judy and I came by shortly after they called to check up on him. When we came in he was still conscious. He can't speak because of the tube down his throat. He mainly communicates with a slight nod to yes an no questions. We asked him if he was uncomfortable at all and he said yes. After several yes and no questions. We were able to figure out that his throat and the tube were bothering him the most. Unfortunately there is not much we can do about that.
While the nurses worked on Slim, Mom held his hand and rubbed his arm while the sedation took effect. She only stopped to let respiratory therapy change over some of his vent parameters. He will have one nurse in his room most of the night to help monitor his status.
There are currently 14 different pumps that he is hooked up to in order to help push various medicines into him. His current blood pressure is 100/60, Heart Rate 111 BPM, O2 sat is at 94%.
So in summary, He has had a little set back on a few things... This is not uncommon with patients in similar situations. We hope he gets to sleep through the night and be ready to start weening off the vent again tomorrow morning.
Given his status, visitors are limited to immediate family until he has turned the corner on this set back.They are also requesting the visits be limited to 5 - 10 minutes.
Jaren
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