Monday, October 18, 2010

Luke is off isolation!

Since Luke was admitted Wednesday morning, he has been on isolation. Since he came in with respiratory distress, drainage and chest congestion, the doctors, nurses and respiratory team have been wearing gowns, masks and gloves anytime they enter the room. The last of the cultures came back negative on Saturday, but the weekend doctors like to just maintain things and not make many changes.

We were told that Infectious Control will usually leave a patient on isolation until all symptoms are clear. This morning our unit leader called to request that Luke be cleared, and we were just told that he is offically off isolation!

Luke seems to really like the hospital and not care about going home anytime soon. Since early this morning, his oxygen has been increased from 5 to 8 liters. He was just not getting enough oxygen when sleeping. They are starting to wean him down again today and right now we are at 7 liters.

He will have an ENT bedside consult to rule out any physical airway abnormalities. Our hope is that ENT will say he is normal, his oxygen can be weaned quickly, and that he will make it through the night without any setbacks.

Rachel is going back to work either Wednesday-Friday or Thursday-Saturday. We have arrangements for Jack the rest of the week and Rachel's dad is having rotator cuff surgery on Friday. It will be a long and busy rest of the week - hoping that we can get enough rest and stay healthy ourselves.

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