When ya coming home Dad, I don't know when:
One step forward and so many steps back. Sunday evening was troubling for the family. When we called to check up on Dean for the evening we were told the Dr.'s were concerned about the amount of, or lack of, oxygen in his blood. All this may be par for the course as the Dr.'s say and when we hear it; it just doesn't seem that way. Anyway back on track: Last evening they feared a blood clot in the lung and were anticipating having a CTC scan of his lung. The respiratory specialist was called back late last evening and it was decided he would be given nitrox therapy to increase the amount of oxygen in his blood. When I spoke to the nurse at 2:30 am she was excited that the course of action was apparently working which meant they could rule out a blood clot.
Jim and May met with the Dr. this morning and more of same. The amount of drainage from the brain is decreasing. The nitrox therapy seems to be what was needed and they will now start decreasing the amount of Nitrox and see if he can sustain his own oxygen levels. They anticipate it will take about 1-1/2 days to cut all the way back on the nitrox. The CTC scan did indicate they needed to adjust the breathing tube.
We'll get together then, Dad. Ya know we'll have a good time then, Dad..................
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Well all right, another Harry Chapin fan! How are ya Harry? I mean Teri. How ya holding up? If I remember right, Dean's got a birthday coming up. Dean was always a great procratinator, so like I said earlier, if the doc's say it'll take 5 days Dean will take 10. Maybe he'll be out of the storm for his birthday. Thanks again for doing this for all of us. We can never thank you enough nor know just how hard this is for you and Riley. thanks for the pictures to.
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