Good morning!
When I arrived at the hospital this morning, I found out that Eric was initiating every breath on his own! His oxygen setting on the vent has been reduced to 30%, which is as low as they can go. The vent still helps push some air in, but the doctor said that he is breathing about 80% on his own. :) Plus, I got the numbers that they watch kidney function, and everything went down again on their own. We haven't seen the kidney doctors yet, but I bet they will postpone dialysis again! :) He's been opening his eyes and looking at us all morning. I think they are going to start trying to ween him off of his sedatives. This process all depends on how he reacts to the loss of his sedatives. We don't want him to get too agitated or be in pain, so this could be a slow process. That is alright, though. He has improved so much in the last couple days!!
Love,
Melissa
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Praise God! this is awesome news!
ReplyDeleteI'm so happy for you guys! This is so awesome! Such great news. Keep it coming!
ReplyDeleteAwesome Melissa! I have been trying to keep the "ENL Update" webpage up to date to get him up to speed on the important stuff (College Sports, NFL, Formula 1) as soon as he comes to.
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Let me know if you want anything else added! (sent an email at your purdue account)
Awesome! Is he racing back or what?!?!
ReplyDeleteJust in time for the Purdue and Colts games this weekend!!! :)
The journey of one thousand miles begins with but a single step. Focus on the step, on the present, on what you have in front of you today. That he's opening his eyes and looking at you is no surprise to me, no sir, any man with someone so good to look at comin' n' goin' can't stand to have his eyes closed, even for a bit.
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