Ben's struggling a little today, especially this morning. It's understandable after having such a big day yesterday, notably the extra walk in the afternoon. Rather than overdoing it they've opted to let him rest for most of the day.
They experimented with taking him off the ventilator. Rather than pulling out the Trachi straight away and seeing how it goes, they slowly wheen him off needing it by putting in some stepping stones to measure his progress. Today they attempted to put him on a small machine they nickname the "TP". The TP doesn't provide any PEEP or assisted pressure as such, just the pure oxygen. Unfortunately he didn't feel totally confident with it and only lasted roughly 5 minutes or so. The plan is to try again tomorrow.
Just a few quick things to inform you of... the ventilator is set to Spontaneous (his breaths only) with an oxygen flow of 30% and PEEP of 5. He's doing most of the eating himself with a drip providing a topup each night. Overall his mental state is great!
Dr Peter Hopkins filled him in on the Bronch this morning commenting that his lungs are "looking great".
Although he had a rough morning he's come good this afternoon and it really looks like it won't be long until he'll be out of ICU! We've been passing on all the comments and best wishes which he really appreciates, so thanks from Ben!
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