Good news! The surgery is scheduled for tomorrow morning. The clotting time is correct enough that the trach and "g tube" are to be placed and that should make him more comfortable. He was frustrated today again as he tried to spell or "charade" words. All the patients around us that have been trached have then received a "speaking" device a few days after. I so hope that will be true for Marion also.
The Cardiologist was is in at 5:15pm this evening and believes that one of his 3 stents may be blocked, and after he is stable from the surgery she will do a stress test to determine this. If so this could be the reason for the repeated failures leading to respiratory failure when trying to get him off the ventilator. It is good to have a reason why there has been no success instead of just trouble with the process.
All in all, I came home excited feeling like it was forward movement, the surgery that will lead to rehab, and an answer why he has not been able to get off the ventilator, and now the Doctor has a course of action. Hooray!
Please keep praying! Love, Sue
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