6:05pm
Taylor had a bumpy day. He visited the ENT today, a 3 hour round trip and 2 hour office visit. He got the Trach downsized, so if he can wear it capped for 24-48 hours, it can come out completely. The new Trach is not stiched, so he can be decannulated (medical speak for "take the Trach out") by the staff at the medical center at rehab. With any luck, that will happen this week.
The ENT had to scope his throat and look around, which meant Taylor had to snort a 12" or so camera so she could check out everything. He wasn't real thrilled with that procedure.
The Trach was stitched around the opening when it was first put in, so those had to be removed before a smaller one could be put in. There was some bleeding that didn't clot right away so the Doctor cotterized it. During all this, Taylor was coughing really hard, and for a long time. When a lot of lung volume comes out the Trach, interesting things happen. Taylor made a bit of a mess of the room's wall up to the ceiling. When things calmed down, he looked at the Doctor and said "I'm sorry about your wall". It was apparent that was probably the funniest thing she had heard all day.
When he got back to rehab, he got his evening feeding and some medicine. He got a serious headache during the 5 hour trip. About 30 minutes after the feeding, his stomach decided it just didn't want anything inside anymore, so we went through another episode of Let's Scare The Hell Out Of Dad. Unfortunately, because there is no way to know how much medication was absorbed, it will be hours now before he can have anything more. He's resting now, and said his head is feeling a little better, so hopefully the headache will go away soon.
So, it was a good day on the Trach front, but the rest pretty much sucked for him.
Taylor had a bumpy day. He visited the ENT today, a 3 hour round trip and 2 hour office visit. He got the Trach downsized, so if he can wear it capped for 24-48 hours, it can come out completely. The new Trach is not stiched, so he can be decannulated (medical speak for "take the Trach out") by the staff at the medical center at rehab. With any luck, that will happen this week.
The ENT had to scope his throat and look around, which meant Taylor had to snort a 12" or so camera so she could check out everything. He wasn't real thrilled with that procedure.
The Trach was stitched around the opening when it was first put in, so those had to be removed before a smaller one could be put in. There was some bleeding that didn't clot right away so the Doctor cotterized it. During all this, Taylor was coughing really hard, and for a long time. When a lot of lung volume comes out the Trach, interesting things happen. Taylor made a bit of a mess of the room's wall up to the ceiling. When things calmed down, he looked at the Doctor and said "I'm sorry about your wall". It was apparent that was probably the funniest thing she had heard all day.
When he got back to rehab, he got his evening feeding and some medicine. He got a serious headache during the 5 hour trip. About 30 minutes after the feeding, his stomach decided it just didn't want anything inside anymore, so we went through another episode of Let's Scare The Hell Out Of Dad. Unfortunately, because there is no way to know how much medication was absorbed, it will be hours now before he can have anything more. He's resting now, and said his head is feeling a little better, so hopefully the headache will go away soon.
So, it was a good day on the Trach front, but the rest pretty much sucked for him.
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