Slim appears to have had a good night. Meaning- that they were able to wean him off of more meds during the night. They now have him on around 7 meds as compared to the 14-19 meds on Friday night and Saturday. Blood pressure is 126/78 (normal range). Heart Rate is down to 95 today vs 110 on Saturday morning.
The main challenge for today is to see if they can start to wean him off from the vent. How fast this happens really depends upon several factors. First, his vital signs etc. need to remain stable as they decrease vent out-put and the meds that help keep him sedated. Secondly, they are concerned about his airway. When they started to intubate him in surgery they found it very difficult to get a tube down into his airway. They had to have one of their best ENTs (Ear, Nose and Throat Doctor) perform this procedure. Because of this difficult airway issue, they don't want to wean him from the vent too fast. If they were to take him off and then suddenly he begins to have complications again, it would be very difficult to get another tube down into his airway again in a timely manner.
They did try to turn down the vent a little this morning to see how he would do. It did cause him to struggle with his breathing so they backed off of it for the morning.
Will post more as we can.
Jaren
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