Last night and this morning Rex made some great progress! Inn the wee hours of the morning the doctors removed the chest tubes, five in all. Luckily, he was a little sedated for that and doesn't remember it happening as it is apparently very painful. As of one this afternoon he is officially off of the vent and the tube was removed. The feeding tube will stay in place a day or two longer or until his throat is healed and he can eat and take medicine again orally. He has an oxygen mask on to help keep his saturation levels up, but he is talking here and there. His voice in dull and scratchy sounding and this is normal after being intubated, especially for as long as he was.
Rex is still very sick and will be recovering for a while. How long? I don't know. The outlook has been and continues to be to take it one day and at a time. The goal is to continue to fight off the infection, do the best they can to keep him from developing another, and get his body strong and recovered. It seems like we are moving at a snails pace, but we are moving forward and it is great to see him awake, alert and off of the ventilator.
Many thanks to all who have been praying as this progress is clearly the work of the Lord.
-Janelle
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Praise God!
ReplyDeleteThat is awesome! We'll continue to celebrate little victories with you =). Send him our love!
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That is great news!! We have been so worried. We are praying for Rex, and of course for you too, Janelle!!!! We have alot of prayers going around right now as our friend had her baby 2 months early. She's 1 lb 12 oz and fighting very hard. She's having a really hard go of it as Rex is, so alot of prayers and positive thoughts are being sent out right now! That's what this world needs! More prayers, positive thinking and love! lol Give him our love!
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Rochelle, Lewis, Kristen and Tanner!