Sunday, April 26th - Update
Mom update. They tried the cpap last night (which is a step down from the ventilator) but she didn’t tolerate it well. Yesterday she did her first two walks on the high flow and then the third on the ventilator.
Doctors are happy with her progress and want her to be on the ventilator less and less. They will take it day by day. Unfortunately it’s bad news good news. Bad news is that they gave mom the same medication that caused her to be dizzy (I told them that before they gave it but they didn’t think it was that) and she had a co2 episode during her walk. Thankfully they immediately switched her back to the ventilator but her levels were really high and she became non responsive. Good news is she is resting now and should be better in a few hours.
(watercolor by Karine)