Sloping Upwards

Today was a good day - at least in my book. Mike is still at 100% oxygen, but his saturation is high. They will start lowering the oxygen as he stabilizes...

He had a triple blood transfusion and dialysis today. His saturation did not fall with the dialysis. Good news.

Today, his sedation alarm went off. The machine needed to be filled. Well, the nurse did not get there for 11 minutes - I counted. When she got there here is the conversation...

Me: "Does he always have to wait for over 10 minutes when an alarm goes off before someone shows up?"

Nurse: "No, Stephanie. I am just doing my job."

Me: "Me too, and I have more at stake than you do."

She nodded and left. Since then, she has been behaving more positive.

I continually wash Mike with a warm washrag. He gets this slimy, sticky sweat. I was the crusties out of his eyes too. Today, I lotioned him down everywhere a tube was not sticking out of. For some reason, this made his saturation rise. Good stuff.

Tomorrow at noonish, he gets his tracheotomy.

Will keep you posted....