things are looking up
Things are looking up again today: Tyler's blood pressures stabilized overnight, his fever improved (it was as high as 104), and his heart rate came down. At rounds this morning the doctor said Tyler's lungs are looking better on x-ray with a lot less subcutaneous...
more crises stablized
Weaning and blood gases played second fiddle today to some severe hypotensive events, coupled with severe hypertensive events in response to the meds to bring his pressure back up. It took hours for Tyler to stabilize. His fever rose quite a bit today. Just to...
upates
Overnight, Tyler was able to sustain the weaning he had yesterday! For those familiar with oscillators, he went from a Delta p of 77 to one of 64, and a Hz of 5 to a Hz of 6 in a 24-hour period. He's holding at the new settings, but his blood gases are a little on the...
the power of prayer!
Ron and I can’t wipe the smiles off our faces today! Tyler’s CO2 gases held in the acceptable range all day long despite being weaned several times. He tolerated some deep suctioning this afternoon with good results. His kidneys are plugging along off dialysis...
good news
Tyler's latest vent wean did NOT disrupt his perfect blood pH!
improvements!
Praise God! Tyler's blood gases have been the best in weeks! His pH hit normal last night - a big change from constantly being on the verge of acidic. He only started the anti-viral and another antibiotic late yesterday afternoon, so I don't think this can be...
a new infection
Since his incident this morning, Tyler thankfully is back to all but one of the same settings he had earlier this morning and has restabilized. He is having increased lung secretions, and they expect that all deep suctioning will cause similar incidents, so they will...
a scary morning
Late yesterday they disconnected Tyler from the CRRT (dialysis) to see how his kidneys would do on their own. Initially, he ended up being 2 liters positive (his kidneys weren't getting rid of enough fluid on their own). After being given Lasix, he ended up 1 liter...
lungs getting sicker
Tests have been conducted but are not shedding any light on Tyler's worsening lung function. They thought perhaps they would have to drain some fluid from his lungs, but an ultrasound revealed no extra fluid. So now they're left really not knowing why his ventilation...