Friday, 25 May 2007

Not another one...

Weight: 930g's - yep, gone down by 40g's; it could be some more fluid that's come out - hopefully the fluid in my lungs is in with that lot.
Food intake: was 2.5ml's of Mummy's milk but now it's nothing as I've high blood sugar levels, probably caused by the steroids. They're giving me insulin the counteract this and they're giving me full fluids again so that I'm not losing any vital vitamins and fats.

I had a couple of wobbles today - as in, my heart rate went down and the oxygen level in my blood did at the same time - the nurses weren't handling me either, so they were wondering why they happened. However, they changed my tube for the second time as this happened on Monday too, so they looked at it and had to give me a new one as it was a little blocked.

So now, I'm tired and am resting. My morphine level has gone up from 20 micrograms to 25 today. The pressure of my ventilation went down to 14 at it's lowest point and was for a few hours until they put it back up to 16, they were giving me 35 breaths per min at my lowest level, but that's gone up to 45... you see, they've put them up as I had those two episode's this avo... a contributor could have been that I've been pushed a little too far a bit too soon. They've got to test me though to see if I can cope - I'm getting there but sometimes when I work really hard it gets tiring and I need a break.

I am happy though. My strength remains and certainly too does my will to get this tube out once and for all, it doesn't mean that it won't go back in again, but I'll try my hardest to stay a good boy and do all that I have to do. Be patient though as it's tough being me and I can't be rushed.

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