Jon settled into Dodd Hall nicely, had one full day of therapy and whammo!
I left him at 4 or so to take Carol to meet her friend, David, who was taking her back to Defiance. Had a quick supper with them and then thought I'd stop back at Dodd Hall to see how he was doing since neither Barb or Bill would be with him. He was subdued and had his passy muir valve off. I looked at his oxygen saturation level and it was a little below 90 which requires some monitoring. We were having a difficult time conversing so I asked if we could have it put back on for just a few minutes. Whether that was a mistake or coincidental to the way his oxygen level had been rising and falling his oxygen went way down, as did his heart rate. He needed several more sets of suctioning to clear his lungs. (He had had several sets of suctioning before I arrived.)
To make a long story short it was back to the E.R. again and more suctioning using a saline solution, more blood samples taken, chest x-ray...the works. He had EKGs at both Dodd and the emergency room.
X rays showed some collapsing of the right lung again and signs of pneumonia. They couldn't tell if it was a chemical pneumonia or the regular kind(?) So he is back in Rhodes Hall. Again we've cleaned out his room at Dodd with the understanding that when he's well and they have room he'll be back.
In the meantime we are still encouraging visitors but you probably should call Marj, Carol, Barb or Bill to find out exactly where you should go.
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