It\u2019s now Friday afternoon and there has been a lot of information shuffled our way. Some of it is very good, however, as Dana put it, we don\u2019t want everyone getting excited about the good news when Chloe can\u2019t breath.<\/p>\n
What we have is Chloe sleeping right now and still on the ventilator. Why we weren\u2019t able to extibate her yesterday is a mystery that we should have some answers for tomorrow about 1 pm.<\/p>\n
They will bring her to the OR to try to extibate and also to look at her vocal chords. There are many different possibilities that I won\u2019t go into because it would be guessing. What we need is for everyone to see the vocal chords working exactly as they need to work.<\/p>\n
If everything is working as it should after they pull the tube then she will be allowed to breath on her own. If there are problems they will re-intibate her and watch her progress for a week. That\u2019s as far out as I want to project at this point.<\/p>\n
There is some gunk in her one lower lobe of the lung. That is being treated and, hopefully, it will be resolved before the procedure tomorrow. Our best case is that she will come back upstairs without tubes.<\/p>\n
The other things discussed yesterday concerned the vision and surgery site. The vision will be addressed with a neurologist today. It could be from pressure. That\u2019s an uncertainty.<\/p>\n
The other thing that happened was that Chloe had a right side stroke. It was called unconsequential by Dr. Dorsen. What exactly that means isn\u2019t clear.<\/p>\n
Problem number whatever\u2026 she has left side swelling at the surgery site. This could be causing some of the many problems she is encountering. She is on steroids, antibiotics and pain meds. All of these have side effects as well. So to say one thing or the other now is a guess.<\/p>\n
The best news we received was about the tumor. As I stated in a former update, we couldn\u2019t see the tumor, just where it was before. The radiologist did his high scale search of the MRI and concurred with we laymen. He couldn\u2019t see it either.<\/p>\n
This is the part Dana doesn\u2019t want everyone jumping for joy about when there are so many other problems remaining that could be short or long term problems. It is good news that the tumor isn\u2019t wrapped up in and out of the brainstem though. If we hadn\u2019t been aggressive we may have had more problems down the short road.<\/p>\n
We are a long way from home free. We plan to take the Prayer Train out of this wilderness though, so All Aboard!<\/p>\n
Blessings,
\nRon<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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