Alan's nurse, Ashlee, said that today has been a "good day". His vitals are all looking great (P 110, BP 120/70, O2 95%). He is still on 100% O2, but his saturation has even improved from last night (which was 85% around midnight, which was pretty good). There has still been no bleeding from the chest tubes since around 8:30 last night, which is great! They hear lung sounds in the right lung and in the upper lobe of the left lung, which is the same as how it was last night at midnight. He is only on one BP medication (yesterday he was on 3). They started him on a blood thinner around noon, for the ECMO machine, and he has maintained his ability to clot blood (good thing). The medical staff have also started tube-feedings again. When we went in, Alan was looking a little less swollen than yesterday because they have been slowly taking off fluid. Ashlee also mentioned that he has been able to rest a lot today and that has helped him significantly improve.
We want to thank everyone for their continued support during all of this. We are especially grateful for honoring our request in limiting the visits at the hospital to immediate family only. Because of your understanding and support in this, Alan has been able to rest, heal and is that much stronger today than he was yesterday. Again, thank you for all of the prayers and support.
We are in the process of organizing a blood drive in behalf of Alan and more information will be forthcoming.
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