Struggling bigtime with lungs. The morning chest xray showed a lot of
junk in the lungs and the pleural space(outside the lungs). Surgeons are
going to put in new chest tubes and if that doesn't help with the
pleural space fluid he may head back to the OR for a VATS procedure,
which- I think- is like vacuuming out the area outside his lungs.
In
order to help with the fluid in his lungs they are going to possibly
try giving him nitric oxide to see if that helps with o2 blood saturation.
They are also going to try a different type of ventillation called
occilation which will kind of shake his lungs and loosen some of the junk
in there so they can suction it out. They will have to increase his
sedation for this. It isn't very comfortable.
I think the plan
today is at least five big steps, so we shall see how it goes. I will do
my best to update as this busy day goes on.
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