When John was visiting last night they inserted a smaller tube into Dorothea's trach tube and were trying to get her to talk, but she was not able to do it yet. It is good to see them trying though. I was teasing her this morning... wondering what will be the first thing she will say when she is able to use her voice again.
They decided to put her on the ventilator tube last night since she was working too hard with just the oxygen shield. When we arrived this morning they had taken her off of the ventilator and put the oxygen shield back on. However, her breathing was very labored so they were discussing putting her back on the ventilator tube. They also took a chest xray - wanting to see if there is something going on that is making it more difficult now. When she is having more difficulty breathing her number of respirations increase, her heart rate increases, and her oxygen saturation decreases...and it makes her tired! Don and I were hoping to see her with more energy this morning, but she was zapped from breathing so hard.
She has had a couple of low blood sugars so they are keeping an eye on that and making adjustments accordingly.
Going back to see her mid-day, so if there is anything new I will post again late tonight.
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