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Things continue here at Casa Beanside.
The internet is back. The tech came out yesterday and strung a new line, so we once again have wonderful, wonderful internet. Our tree had apparently taken out the other line. I was terrified that we'd have to wait until the tree was taken down, but no, he was a rock star and restrung it away from the tree.
It appears that my sister might be getting an offer from the place that's buying out her site, but no clue whether it'll be for less money. Since the whole reason they're changing companies is a better price, it would not surprise me if they're going to try to low ball the whole operation. She's planning to put in some resumes anyway, just in case. If they don't hire her, she'll get some manner of severance. Probably nothing much.
Dad is still the same. Maybe some slight bits of progress, but fundamentally the same. Still on the ventilator. They tried him unhooked from it for a few minutes yesterday, but apparently he did so poorly, they put it right back on and did a chest xray to see what was going on. Apparently, segments of both lungs are collapsed. Also, he's puffing up like the Staypuft Marshmallow man with fluid. Which could be part of the problem with the lungs. They're giving him Lasix like it's water, but I don't know how much of a change there's been. His white count is down to 13, which means the infection is improving. The problem is that the rest of his numbers still look crappy. So the infection might have started the cascade, but it seems like what's going on now is independent of it.
I don't know if we're still doing the right thing. They've taken him off sedation in the hopes of getting him off the vent, so he's somewhat aware now, and I hate that. He was having tachycardia yesterday, and the doctor mentioned offhandedly to the nurse that it's probably because he's afraid.
I don't want him to be afraid.
I spent time yesterday looking up stats for people who were on the vent this long and had ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) and it wasn't great. The vent alone has a 30-40% mortality rate, going higher the older you are. Only 33% of patients last longer than a year. ARDS has according to google a 35-95% mortality rate, which is very helpful, thanks google. That's a hell of a range.
I think we started out with the right idea, I just feel like the situation has changed, and we need to reevaluate things soon.
My sister is going to the hospital today, so hopefully, she'll get some updated information. The downside of that is that she's very much a pollyanna, so anything she hears is going to be filtered through the "sun'll come up tomorrow" bullshit.
I need a realistic prognosis at this point. Are we still working towards a goal, or are we just treading water?
I don't want to be the one to say that we need to pull the plug, but if that's what we need to do, I will.
Okay, time for me to go re-read the module I'm dming in 5.5 hours. Everyone have an amazing Saturday!
The internet is back. The tech came out yesterday and strung a new line, so we once again have wonderful, wonderful internet. Our tree had apparently taken out the other line. I was terrified that we'd have to wait until the tree was taken down, but no, he was a rock star and restrung it away from the tree.
It appears that my sister might be getting an offer from the place that's buying out her site, but no clue whether it'll be for less money. Since the whole reason they're changing companies is a better price, it would not surprise me if they're going to try to low ball the whole operation. She's planning to put in some resumes anyway, just in case. If they don't hire her, she'll get some manner of severance. Probably nothing much.
Dad is still the same. Maybe some slight bits of progress, but fundamentally the same. Still on the ventilator. They tried him unhooked from it for a few minutes yesterday, but apparently he did so poorly, they put it right back on and did a chest xray to see what was going on. Apparently, segments of both lungs are collapsed. Also, he's puffing up like the Staypuft Marshmallow man with fluid. Which could be part of the problem with the lungs. They're giving him Lasix like it's water, but I don't know how much of a change there's been. His white count is down to 13, which means the infection is improving. The problem is that the rest of his numbers still look crappy. So the infection might have started the cascade, but it seems like what's going on now is independent of it.
I don't know if we're still doing the right thing. They've taken him off sedation in the hopes of getting him off the vent, so he's somewhat aware now, and I hate that. He was having tachycardia yesterday, and the doctor mentioned offhandedly to the nurse that it's probably because he's afraid.
I don't want him to be afraid.
I spent time yesterday looking up stats for people who were on the vent this long and had ARDS (Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome) and it wasn't great. The vent alone has a 30-40% mortality rate, going higher the older you are. Only 33% of patients last longer than a year. ARDS has according to google a 35-95% mortality rate, which is very helpful, thanks google. That's a hell of a range.
I think we started out with the right idea, I just feel like the situation has changed, and we need to reevaluate things soon.
My sister is going to the hospital today, so hopefully, she'll get some updated information. The downside of that is that she's very much a pollyanna, so anything she hears is going to be filtered through the "sun'll come up tomorrow" bullshit.
I need a realistic prognosis at this point. Are we still working towards a goal, or are we just treading water?
I don't want to be the one to say that we need to pull the plug, but if that's what we need to do, I will.
Okay, time for me to go re-read the module I'm dming in 5.5 hours. Everyone have an amazing Saturday!
