further repairs

Well, we tried. Or rather Ford did. As he's been getting progressively worse this week - which is to say his heart rate, respitory rate, oxygen needs, co2 and lactate levels have been steadily climbing while his weight was dropping - it's been decided that he needs the surgery on his diaphragm. The left side, which remains paralyzed, is up rather high making it impossible for his left lung to fully expand. The lung, being squished, is in turn squishing his heart - thus the below mentioned failure. So they will "tack" down the left side of the diaphragm and his organs can regain their rightful personal space.

The decision was made yesterday and we were told the surgery would happen sometime next week. But when we arrived this morning, there had been a cancellation and Dr. Rebeyka can do the procedure this afternoon. So Ford has been without food so far today and was re-intubated at 1pm. Watching the intubation is tough. But at least he'll get some rest from working so hard to breathe in the few hours before going to the OR.

The recovery from this procedure should only be a couple days. Then when we try cpap for the 4th time, it should be a lot easier for him.