Not a lot to report this morning. Dad is mostly sleeping, occasionally opening his eyes. Hopefully, he’ll start to be more alert and awake more often soon.
The docs have tentatively decided to do a tracheostomy, probably on Monday. This will allow them to remove the ventilator from his mouth and throat and provide a less-invasive breathing passage.
As I mentioned yesterday, the docs are looking for other things that could be wrong with Dad, but so far they haven’t found anything else. They did some blood tests yesterday and everything came back normal. Chances are it’s still that original virus that is causing the problems and it just takes time for Dad’s body to get rid of it.
Oh, and his feet are looking better and he’s now off the gout meds.
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