Friday, April 20, 2007

A Rough Night

Walt had a tough night. His O2 levels plummeted and they "intubated" him. Patty was called at a little after 3am and the ICU was extremely concerned, to say the least. Patty, Brian, Tippy, Corinne and myself went straight to the hospital and by the time we arrived the ICU staff had Walter stabilized. Thank God he's in the ICU!

So Walt is on the ventilator now, and his breathing seems relaxed - he's not breathing heavily like he's just run down the block. His vitals are good again. They are treating him for pnemonia. He remains asleep. During the intubation procedure, they removed a roughly 1cm diameter hunk of gunk (now there's a medical term to google) from his upper airway. They promptly sent this specimen to the lab for analysis. Will check in on him later today.

Take nothing for granted.
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Anonymous said...

I stopped in to see Walter around noon today. He opened his eyes a couple of times and I told him that the Sabres were one win away from this first round in the Stanley Cup and that A-Rod hit a home run again in the bottom of the 9th with 2 outs to win the game for the Yankees last night! It sure seemed as if he heard me!

I told him that he's back in the ICU again and that it seems like he's been all over that hospital, out, and back again. I called him the "Travelin' Man" and started singing the old Ricky Nelson song to him - well, as best as I can sing.

They came in to hook him up for what I believe is his 3rd dialysis treatment. They said he would be on for about 4 hours today. I then said good-bye so the machine could do its work. Walter seemed peaceful and sleepy - naturally, after the rough night he had.

My love to Patty, Lindsay and Brian.

April 20, 2007 at 1:50 PM

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