It's Been A Good Day!

Okay so I know its almost 6pm and I haven't blogged yet...well that's because I've been busy with Mike's brother Roger holding Mikes hand and talking to him.

Let me back up. At about 9:30 this morning they took out his intubation tube and replaced it with trachea tube. He's breathing really good. It only took about an hour or so to figure how to work it. It's much easier for him now. They stopped his sedation's at around 12:30 and his morphine was down to only 2mg an hour.

Mike started waking up pretty quickly and was showing his personality. We quickly figured out that he really wants to move his arms, so we had to restrain him a little more. He can answer simple questions with a nod of his head (yes or no). He can see across the room, his brother, standing at the foot of his bed told him, "hi Mike it's Rodg'." Mike responded with lifting his left hand and gave a small wave. He definitely doesn't like his finger monitor (like a band aid, to keep an eye on his oxygen saturation). He kept trying to remove it with his thumb. I asked him if he wanted me to take it off and he nodded yes, so I moved it to his toe. He doesn't like it there either. About 2 hours ago he started to get a little restless, moving both shoulders really trying to get his left hand to his right shoulder/arm. We asked if his arm was hurting, he nodded yes, we then asked him if he wanted some medication for his arm, he nodded yes. These are really good signs. We increased his morphine just a little to take the edge off. Our goal is to keep him off of the sedation a long as we can. Hopefully we'll only be using it at night time to insure he will get good rest. He takes little naps, 10-15 minutes, then has his eyes open for a few seconds or so. It's good enough for me. He looks so good. I can't wait for the kids to come and see him tonight.

So my days will be longer, but I can now look into his eyes and know that he hears me. So pass on the news. Pray that he wont need the trachea tube very long, that his pneumonia will continue to improve, and that his fever will go away.