"Edi's eyes have more light in them this morning. When I walked into ICU, he was again off the ventilator. As explained, this is part of his lungs rehabilitation program. This time, they extended the session off the machine to 1 hour and towards the end, he got distressed - b/p shot up and his left shoulder shuddered intermittently. He was gasping for air and I reassured him that he was in no danger, that he was still taking in 96% air on his own which was very good. Anyway, they stopped to give him an hour's rest (back onto ventilator) before starting the next session. It can be upsetting to watch him at such times but we keep in mind that these sessions are going to make his lungs well enough to breathe entirely on his own within the shortest time possible. Hence, the nurse has a "program to follow" although she was instructed on what/how to monitor Edi's reactions to longer periods of breathing on his own.
Mr Ian Nixon, the cardiac surgeon who performed the heart bypass came to check on Edi and told me that he's out of danger now. What unfortunately happened to Edi (" one in a million chances") was that his antigen reacted violently against some blood product, probably plasma, thus leading to the trauma in his lungs (filled with blood and fluids, reducing oxygen and hence, the earlier fear of brain damage). He's now back on track; when his lungs get stronger (they will heal, Ian says), he gets out of ICU and then off to a "normal" ward and then home for recuperation. I repeated all this to Edi, to strengthen his mind."
I thank God for this good news...
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