David had quite an exciting overnight, and then he's been resting since. Since Adam spends the night with David, this is what he detailed. At around 9:30pm his nurse noticed a puddle of blood on his bedding. He changed David's bedding and then found it was still bleeding and not left over from earlier in … Continue reading February 24, 2024
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February 23, 2024 – Update 4
We apparently got a slightly different story from the nurses versus the doctors who did David's procedure. So this is what we know about how David's day went (to the best of my memory)... When David arrived in the cath lab, his oxygen saturations were in the 50s. He ended up not getting the bronchoscopy … Continue reading February 23, 2024 – Update 4
February 23, 2024 – Update 1
David's chest has been closed up. His oxygen saturations are very low. They have tried doing a bunch of troubleshooting including another bronchoscopy. They do not see what is causing these low saturations, so he's going to go to the cath lab for further investigation. update: bronch will happen in the cath lab. Currently prepping … Continue reading February 23, 2024 – Update 1
February 22, 2024
David has had an up and down day. Overall, I think he's still in pretty good shape, but he has definitely not given his nurse a lot of down time today (or ever really). David's big goals of the day were to continue to work on getting his lungs opened up, diurese him (lose some … Continue reading February 22, 2024
November 9, 2023
Well, today was better than yesterday. It was a great sight to see that David's night nurse had a smile on his face when I arrived, and that David was still extubated. His nurse said he did well throughout the night and was rocking it. It was a huge sigh of relief because it was … Continue reading November 9, 2023
November 5, 2023
Today's update: David's upper lobe on his right lung is back open! He will continue respiratory therapy to make sure it stays that way. He weaned off of one blood pressure medication and is working on weaning off another His feeds were increased from 5 ml to 8 ml He is still working on decreasing … Continue reading November 5, 2023
November 4, 2023
A few milestones were met today. Eli got to officially meet his baby brother (for a few quick moments), and momma got to hold David for the first time. It brings some positives to this otherwise difficult situation. Eli and Anna both also got some time to play in the playroom, and it would wonderful … Continue reading November 4, 2023
November 3, 2023
Today was a big day for David. He had his first surgery which placed Goretex bands around his pulmonary arteries to restrict blood flow to the lungs. It was hopeful that this would have worked with the plugs placed within the arteries on Wednesday, but David's body wasn't ready for it at that time. It … Continue reading November 3, 2023