August 18, o2oo hours:

Amelia is taking care of Mike tonight. She was there when he first came in. She said she was sad to cut off his pony tail. (hey, he had a little hair? cool!) They have finished the fluid resuscitation protocol and he is now on maintenance fluids. The ventilator has been weaned to 50% and they had to change his paralytic since the other one didn't seem to be working well. His blood pressure is stable. He is hemodynamically stable (good news). He is still producing urine. Yay! With the extensive pulmonary insult, he manages to keep a good blood gas balance. This is the best news. These next few days are critical. sometimes patients experience a "bump" in the road at about 5-7 days with their lung function. We really appreciate your words of encouragement and your prayers.

and so we go

thanks,

JaCee