Ron passed the breathing test with flying colors! HOWEVER, his windpipe is still too swollen from 10 days on a ventilator. For perspective he needs to be at 150 cc's and he is at 100 cc's. They will try again at 4:00 this afternoon. Please pray that the swelling will decrease, or it means another night on the tube. At this point, we are suffering from complications of the complications.
On the positive side, he is looking much healthier and his lungs are recovering from what has been officially diagnosed as hospital-contracted pneumonia. The tube prevents the body from naturally protecting itself from disease, apparently this is not that uncommon with intubations.
He is being very stoic, no sedation since 6:00 AM, which if he can maintain it will be better for him in the long run. Mentally he is nearly back to "normal" -- I'll let you make your own opinion of that standard.
Things are looking up, we are hoping and praying for extubation this afternoon at 4:00. (Note: We have learned that hospital time is not even close to military time - 'four' could mean anytime between 3 and 7).
Carol
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