What a difference a few hours can make

Sunday morning

Saturday night I left Luke's room at midnight, and he was not doing as well as he'd been doing earlier in the day. His blood pressure was down, oxygen saturation was down, and a chest x-ray had shown some build up of fluid on the lungs. They put him on higher levels of oxygen given through a mask (instead of the normal cannula) and they gave him Lasix; which is a diuretic intended to help him evacuate fluids. When successful, this method will trigger the kidneys to absorb more fluids from the body; in this case the lungs. Good news.......it worked!
When I arrived at 6:30 this morning, his color looked better then ever, his heart rate was down from the 90's to the 70's (normally in the 60's to 70's for Luke), the Lasix had been working and he had been getting rid of a lot of fluids and his oxygen levels were back up to the mid/high 90's (and that's with a lower oxygen concentration and no mask). He's basically off all IV meds, they've turned off the pacemaker, taken out the catheter and taken out one of the IV lines from his neck. Clinically he is doing very well. It looks like he may get released from ICU to a step down unit today, but waiting for an open bed may be part of the delay.

Who wouldn't be excited for this?

Luke has been really thirsty through all of this can't seem to get enough water or ice chips. He was even approved to start a clear liquid diet yesterday, but he hasn't had much of an appetite for clear hospital food.


Thank you for your continued love, support and prayers!

KAAL

Blessed are the meek: for they shall inherit the earth.

Matthew 5:5