Monday, May 25, 2009

Recovery....

Recovery for Brett has been difficult.  His chest is full of mucus because of the CF and he cannot breathe on his own.  Today they switched him to a high frequency ventilator.  They keep him on a morphine drip and have him sedated because just a little bit of stimulation aggravates him greatly.

After putting him on the new ventilator, they were able to lower his oxygen output to 90% which is a step in the right direction.

His body was pretty beat up during the surgery and he is retaining a lot of fluid.  They also added a G Tube that should help with his feeding when he is ready.  

He has had a lot going on and he has required a lot of attention.  Please continue to pray for his recovery.  The doctors anticipate a full recovery from the surgery, but they said it will be a slow process.

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