Today is Thursday, March 2 and I am happy to report great news! Bob was breathing on his own today for several hours!! The trach is still in, but they can cover it to let him breathe himself. He was doing well, Linda said, just tired from all that activity! They are weaning him off his medication (he’s almost completely off the sedation), so he is awake much more and communicating with Linda and the nurses by mouthing words and writing a bit. Linda thinks if she gets him his computer he would be “blogging all day long.” The doctors are hoping to insert the stomach tube tomorrow, so he will no longer be fed through the nose tube going down his throat.
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