No Trach Today

Cindy, Arlo and I are all back in NY for the weekend.

Yale did not have the tracheostomy today. Given some of the particulars of an unusual pre-existing hematological condition that my dad has, the doctors just wanted to be sure that they had done everything possible to minimize the risks of the procedure. They do feel that they got all the bases covered today and have scheduled the procedure for tomorrow morning. Now, he has to have an uneventful, stable and afebrile night in order to go through with it in the morning.

As I mentioned earlier, having the respirator connected through the trach will free dad of the tube in his mouth, make him more comfortable and help facilitate the respirator weaning process. Again, hopefully this will all get underway tomorrow. The doctors have also told me to expect dad to be pretty wiped out all day from the procedure and extra sedation and pain meds, so tomorrow promises to be a bit of a lost day.

I'll update in the morning with where we stand with the trach.

David