| Saturday, February 10, 2007 |
| Day in ER |
| This morning mom went to Victory Lakes to find that dad had a hard time breathing. They decided to take him back to the emergency room at 8 am Saturday. We spent the whole day trying to get his breathing under control. It was very labored breathing. They gave him 100% oxygen, an hour long breathing treatment and a machine called BiPap. The BiPap is positive pressure to force air into his lungs. It is non-evasive and does not do the breathing for him. He ended up going into a state of unconsciousness for about 3 hours. Dr. Hoffman came to visit and said the BiPap was making him uncomfortable so they removed it. To get his state of consciousness back they took off his pain patch and gave him medicine to reverse the effects of the drug. He quickly got out of the state of unconsciousness and became aware of his surroundings. He understood mom talking to him as well as the doctors. Although he is very restless, he says he is not in any pain. He cannot talk, but he gave mom several hugs and kisses. He can nod yes and no to our questions. Finally about 8:30pm he was admitted to the hospital (not ICU). He seemed stable enough for us to say goodnight and to see him in the morning. |
posted by Mad @ 7:26 PM  |
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