Wednesday, November 11, 2009

November 11

Another long day with not a lot of progress. Granny was breathing on her own for over 6 hours, but the ventilator was still attached, however, the doctors don't want to remove it completely at this time. So, to alleviate some of the effort with breathing & discomfort, it was turned back on and she was given some calming medicine. The ventilator has a tube going down the throat and it is very uncomfortable, and makes you want to gag.

Tomorrow they are going to do a procedure to remove more fluid from around the lung which had accumulated since yesterday, then see if they can remove the ventilator later on in the day.

The heart cath is still scheduled for Friday, however, it is very likely it will be cancelled and rescheduled for later next week as Granny has not improved her condition enough for the cardiologist. So we are looking at a few more days of just trying to sustain and improve Granny's condition.

Barbara & Bill are here with me now. Granny was lucid and responsive most of the day so she is aware and was happy to see them (although she still cannot talk with the ventilator).

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