WEDNESDAY – 11/19
This has been a day of crossed purposes. Dad was extremely sleepy this morning, and his breathing was very labored. He didn’t have the Bi-Pap on, and it turns out that despite the day nurse and night nurse’s best efforts, the respiratory therapist decided Dad didn’t need it. Which means he didn't rest well at all.
Dr. Smithson said that for today he’s to have the Bi-Pap on and is to rest for at least four hours. The neurologist came by and said he’d have Physical Therapy come, which they did, but Dad had only had about 2 hours of rest by then. The nurse thought the four hour criteria was satisfied by some combination of time that made no sense to us. Ultimately, what are you going to do?
They’re going to pull the subclavian central line because the infection is still present and they still don’t know the source. They’ll have a PICC line inserted instead. For overnight, Smithson is having them only do a neuro check every 4 hours instead of every hour. Maybe tonight Dad can actually rest.
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