Update on Mother April 28, 2011 6:26 PM

Mother is having a better day today.  Last night at approximately 7:20 pm mother started coughing quite profusely while the Respiratory Specialist was checking in on her, so she tried sucking some of the mucus and fluids out of her lungs and while doing so she was able to dislodge a mucus plug and sucked it out of her lungs and immediately her vitals shot up to normal.  This was a big help as they were able to move her down on the Ventilator to 80% and down from 16 to 14 on the peep. They are also giving her antibiotics for the Pneumonia. We have not heard yet from the Doctors on what is causing the Pleural Effusion (the fluid build up in the layers of tissues that line the lungs and chess cavity, which makes it difficult to take deep breaths of air) but they are working on it.  All in all she is doing better than yesterday. Thanks again for your prayers and support.  We love you Mom and we are all pulling for you.
Don