Wednesday 09/16/09
Candy was the nurse tonight and said that Mike was sleepy but alert. The plan is to decrease sedation and increase alertness. Mike's vitals are stable,Yay!, and his sodium is within normal limits...double yay! Candy changed all of the vent tubing and IV lines, as well as aggressive cleaning. Mike is on a T-piece with pressure support ventilations. He has biograin (a white clear,porous, plastic "lycra" type material) which is able to be washed and cleaned and dried without difficulty, stapled over his graft sites. His blood pressures are in the 130's (good) and there is not too much skin breakdown on the backside, due to the repositioning schedule that they have.

He's moving into the "strong" category (for the extent of his injuries). He will probably have some more minor surgeries, but they can't wait for the physical therapy to get in there and really get moving!

More later,
and so we go
JaCee