John is improving. Though his condition is still very serious, we have some significant medical milestones to be thankful for.
* When John arrived at St. Vincent's he was being given 100% oxygen through the ventilator and his blood oxygen level was only in the 60's - which is not good. Now, he is on only 50% oxygen through the ventilator, the pressure of forced air is lower and John's blood oxygen level is in the mid-90's - which is very good.
* John is still on dialysis...primarally to take the work-load off his kidneys and allow them to recover from having to work so hard in the past. (Kidneys are usually able to rejuvinate themselves fairly well, so we are praying for that to be the case with John.)
* John was actually on his back for 14 hours yesterday. This is a great sign that John is improving. (Being on his back makes it more difficult for him to breathe. The fact that he did well on his back for an extended time...and continues to be weaned to lower levels of life support...is very encouraging.)
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Wonderful. What a relief
ReplyDeleteI think what everyone is working on here is twofold:
ReplyDelete(1).John has to get weaned off the ventilator,awake, weaned off the dialysis, weaned off the pain killers and he has to get literally on his feet again.Every day takes us closer and not further from those goals. As Karen said the prayers are working. So please keep them coming. And, that's from a Unitarian who is thinking of converting when this is over.
(2). We all have to pull together to help John's family get figuratively back on their feet. We at the Chappy Team are getting many generous offers of support and ideas in this regard. We are not ignoring your kind intentions, keep those coming too. Please give us time to sort this out and do the best things for John's family as well.
Thanks
Cal Brady
owner 9-4-9 FM and John's partner on KSWB am 840