We thought earlier that they were going to place another chest tube on his left side (since there is a divider between the lobes of the lung), but since his pressures on his ventilator went back down, they decided to hold off on that. They did have to go up on his oxygen settings on the vent, though. They are now at 50%. They had just gotten the dialysis machine back up and running with the new dialysis catheter, but are now having the same problems with placement. Hopefully they can get it repositioned, since he really likes being on dialysis. Everything tends to be more stable when he is on that.
They have scheduled to do the tracheotomy tomorrow at 1 pm. They say that the procedure should take about an hour. I don't know if this includes travel time, which is probably more difficult than the actual procedure because of all of the things connected to him. I'm really glad that they got him in this early. It should be a lot more comfortable for him. I think they can size the tube a bit better, as well. We've been having slight sizing problems the whole time he's been here with the ventilation tubing. I'm not sure when they will start trying to ween him off of his sedatives again. It all depends on how he takes to the ventilator settings, his vital signs, and whether or not he has an infection. Time will tell.
I think that covers all of the new updates.
Love,
Melissa
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