Weening From the Ventilator
Virginia is still fairly drowsy much of the day. She was able to write with a sharpie marker to ask me to bring her glasses.
I can report on the ventilator. There are two settings worth monitoring here.
(1) SIMV or number of breaths per minute whereby the machine will assist in reathing. She was on a setting of 8 Monday morning and on 6 in the afternoon. Lower numbers are better.
(2) Pressure support. The pressure is currently on a setting of 10 (cm of H2O) and is scheduled to be turned down to 8 at 4am Tuesday morning. Lower numbers are better.
Her right foot post-surgical wound is now changed by the ICU nurses rather than the wound care nurse so I take that as doing quite well.
Visitation should still be limited to immediate family and two others I have listed in her room. Telephone calls are not practical yet. Remember ICU can not take flowers because if anyone in another room has a low white blood cell count they can not be exposed. Cards are still good!
Virginia is still fairly drowsy much of the day. She was able to write with a sharpie marker to ask me to bring her glasses.
I can report on the ventilator. There are two settings worth monitoring here.
(1) SIMV or number of breaths per minute whereby the machine will assist in reathing. She was on a setting of 8 Monday morning and on 6 in the afternoon. Lower numbers are better.
(2) Pressure support. The pressure is currently on a setting of 10 (cm of H2O) and is scheduled to be turned down to 8 at 4am Tuesday morning. Lower numbers are better.
Her right foot post-surgical wound is now changed by the ICU nurses rather than the wound care nurse so I take that as doing quite well.
Visitation should still be limited to immediate family and two others I have listed in her room. Telephone calls are not practical yet. Remember ICU can not take flowers because if anyone in another room has a low white blood cell count they can not be exposed. Cards are still good!
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