Dad is off ventilator

An update on my dad. He was taken off the ventilator completely as of Saturday Dec 22nd. So, that was the biggest and best Christmas present that I received!!! We talked to the doctor Friday Dec 28th and he said that my dad is doing very well off of the ventilator although he still has the oxygen but that’s normal. The next step is to cap off the trache to where he is completely breathing on his own without the oxygen. The doctor is hoping that another EMG test done by the first week of January then they will be able to determine if he has had more improvement on his muscles since the last one that was done after Thanksgiving, fingers crossed. We as the family see an improvement but I know only a professional with an actual test can tell. After the EMG is done then they will speak with the social worker about the next step which is getting him into a facility to start physical therapy. The positive side of all this is that the doctor said as long as he is in the VA hospital and not able to move to push a call button that he will continue to stay in ICU rather than being moved to another floor because he needs 24 hour monitoring. We felt good about that after everything that we had experienced with the nurses on the 6th floor that he was on before he went into cardiac arrest. He is still getting a dose of the IVIG every Monday, but God willing he is on his way to recovery stronger now than ever. I thank all of you for your support and prayers and just keep us in your prayers because I know that God is performing Miracles for him on a daily basis. I will keep you posted and thanks again.

Thanks,

Sabrina

Sabrina