Jules had an
uncomfortable night she has an infection and slight fever which is increasing
the secretions in her lungs and makes it difficult to breathe. The ICU
consultant has decided that we will mark time for a couple of days while they
treat the infection with antibiotics and increase her level of sedation to keep
her comfortable.
She is frustrated with
our inability to lip read to understand her requests. Tomorrow we will
try with a communication board and try to gert her to use short sentences that
should make it easier for us.
The ventilator is
assisting with her breathing.
We were warned that
patients on ventilation are at risk of infection and that this is treatable. It
is disappointing but we must expect some setbacks and take them in our stride.
Val returned from a wet
few days in Townsville, I noticed on the BOM website this morning that Nelly
bay has had 9 inches of rain between 9AM Monday and 5AM this morning. This
should be pretty much the last major fall of the wet season.
We will update you all
further tomorrow.
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