June 21

Mom continues to be more more like the Lou we all know. She's starting to take a more active stance on her treatment like suggesting to the nurses how to ween her off of the vent, etc. This is wonderful!

She continues to have a low grade temp with diaria and is still on the vent. After an hour or so of being off of the vent (this is how they ween), she gets too tired from labored breathing. She agreed that it is time to go on a tracheotomy type vent. This will give her more comfort and will greatly reduce her chances of getting pneumonia. It will also help her to start healing her voice box which typically gets damaged during oral vent procedures. The nurses swear that the trach vent is sometimes what it takes for people to get off the vent that have troubles getting off of the oral variety.

Today, the doctor agreed that it may be a good time to transfer her to Ann Arbor. Everyone agrees except for Mom! I believe she's worried about Dad driving to go see her which simply won't happen; this I will ensure. She said she'd think about it over night. With any luck, she agree and then we'll get the ball rolling. If she doesn't agree, well, then, we'll have to figure out how to convince her. Even though this will be a lot more work for all of us to go see her; it's in her best interest. The one good thing about her being in Ann Arbor, besides the superior medical staff, is that Dave works near the hospital and plans to visit her at least once a day when he's in Ann Arbor. What a great guy!

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Have a great night,
Kaylee