The doctor finally came by after a long wait. I only had a few questions for him to answer. He is very concise and friendly. I will try my best to explain the long and short of it.
First Question: When is he planning on starting the steroids?
Answer: He wants to get some more weight off first.
Second Question: Do you think taking him off of dialysis made him regress?
Answer: No.
Third Question: When will he be taken off of the phenobarbital?
Answer: Probably not until the surgery is over and he has recovered.
His explanation, as I understood it, went as follows. The steroids are to help him push harder at the very end. He would like for him to lose most of the weight and start being weaned off of the ECMO. This is getting more important the farther we go along. The dialysis is something that he is going to suggest again tomorrow, and we will more than likely be seeing that machine again sometime tomorrow. We all kind of agree that this is for the better in that he needs to get the weight off. He stated that he would like to get the weight off and try to wean him off the pump again, if he allows it, before they decide if anything is going to be possible in the long run. He also stated that due to the difficulty we are having getting back to just a ventilator, that he feels that the hernia is a severe one, and that the lungs are severely underdeveloped. On the brighter side of the conversation, he stated that since he was able to be weaned down so low here recently, he is optimistic about the entire process.
It has been a long day, and Memphis' numbers have been only adequate. Lets hope for a much better day tomorrow and success at losing the weight.
Good night all.
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