It has been a long day and I just realized that I totally lost a day. I vaguely remember yesterday, mostly because it was much like today.
Josh was restless most of the night, sleeping for about an hour and then agitated for an hour. Ilene and I trade off watching him so he won't pull his vent or other tubes out.
His respiration's are improving, not as much fluid on the lungs. They have weened him off of one heart medication and working on two others. It all goes well, they will do a echo cardiogram tomorrow to see if his heart is strong enough to go without the ventilator.
Hes is not needing as much insulin each hour which is good. They are watching his liver function as the nutritional supplement they give him causes increased enzymes.
Pray that we will be able to get him off of the ventilator tomorrow. We will also need to ween him off of the pain meds as he is building up a tolerance to them.
We know our God is in control. Thank you for your prayers.
Hey, just wanted to let ya'll know that the address for the facebook page is now www.facebook.com/prayersforjosh
ReplyDeleteThere are some notes to him on there whenever he gets a chance. Just make sure part at the top of the wall in the blue header bar says "Everyone: Most Recent". Let me know if you have any problems. Love ya'll and am praying daily! :)
Sarah N
Ilene and Brian,
ReplyDeleteJust wanted to let you know Clifford and I are praying, praying for Josh and your family. We miss seeing you guys and hearing the progress first hand from Ilene. Please let us know if you guys need anything.
Clifford & Sherry Wieck
Awake with you guys on my heart...praying.
ReplyDeletePleased to hear that things seem to be improving a bit. Thinking of all of you. Andrew
ReplyDeleteHappy to hear of the improvement. Continuing to pray
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Shirley
Praying for you all.
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