Another Update

Just got home from the hospital. One of the nurses is such a downer, but the others are great. But this isn't about me, this is about Mike.

His stats are roughly the same as they have been for 4-5 days now. 100% oxygen with 86-90 saturation. Blood pressure is low at around 90/50. They have him paralyzed so he won't fight the ventilator and spit it out like he did this morning. The good news (as I see it NOT the medical staff).. he recovered in hours instead of days.

He has Acute respiratory distress syndrome (ARDS). I have been told that alone has a survival rate of 15%. Add onto that his kidney problems and the outcome LOOKS bleak. But what I see is a chance.

What I want them to do is a tracheotomy on him so he will not keep having issues with his gag reflex. They are hesitant, but I am convinced that is possibly the answer.

I mean, how can it hurt? They talked with me today on how long we will keep him on the ventilator. As in, he will not improve and I will need to make that decision... Well, I am not making that decision at this point.

Got home and noticed two of our kittens have sick eyes again because I haven't been giving them medicine. I gave them some medicine and will hopefully remember it tomorrow.

All I have right now is my faith in God. There are miracles everyday, and I am hoping and praying that this is one of those miracles. Mike is loved. No matter what brought him to this place... we can work through it together with God.