This morning passed with sleeping, turning, suctioning, and more of the same.

This afternoon the Dr came in and said the x-ray they took yesterday shows that the fluid he took off of the right lung was back so he will not be doing the left. He is considering chest tubes to drain it if she continues to have trouble breathing. She has been off the vent since 5am Friday and her SPO2 numbers are holding in the 95-100 range. We will try swallowing on Monday with a new Voice Path as Jenifer had her baby this last week.

At 2pm Dorothea started to complain that she could not breathe. Her numbers all look good and we can see that she is breathing. The nurse gave her something to calm her fears but she continued to complain that she could not breathe. At 3pm she went back on the vent at 100% O2. Still same complaint till 4:10 when she started to calm down. They will install the drains tomorrow.

6:30pm and she is still crying she can't breathe and they have given her everything they can. I have to go home as I am sneezing and wheezing and my head is hurting and I got very little sleep last night. I told her I would be back as soon as I can. I think she understands but she is still hurting.