I feel like his high temps are holding him back from recovering, but they don't know what's causing them still!
Everything has been off today, his CO2 levels in his blood have been back up in the 90s and his pulse and blood pressure been up again.
I managed to convince the nurses to take the incontinence sheets out from under him, as they really don't help his temperature.
I also managed to get them to put him lying on his belly again, as that really helped with his CO2 levels as they went up to 115 at one point. His O2 levels have been around 92% all day.
Since being on his belly his CO2 levels have been around 88, so a slight improvement! I have a feeling that they he been getting overly excited again and been weaning him off the ventilator too quickly, so they have put the pressure up again and increased the rate.
It makes me feel very sad when he has another bad day after doing so well :0( although I do have to say that he is only on 45% oxygen, and is only on around 14 gentle puffs an hour, so they can increase his ventilation a lot of need be!! His PH of his blood has been fine, so he's compensating for the high CO2 levels!!
As you can see by the picture, he is looking really happy now he is back on his belly!
There have also been concerns over blood on his left lung again, and possible signs of an infection around his left lung, but his Infection markers have been coming down still, so they're not sure!
Aydan had also had his catheter removed today! :0)
We'll soon have rid of all those wires and tubes!!
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