(Photo Courtesy of Ryan Robson) Mom spoke with nurse Amy today before she left (a nice one!)... He didn't do very well on the Barium Swallow Test and now is he not permitted ANY food or liquids at all until they get his throat muscles working again (he's not so happy about that one). Basically, his throat muscles are not working at all, and everything he swallows goes into his lungs... Very dangerous!! They have put him back on IV nutrician, and his orders are to work with a speech therapist on exercising his throat muscles back into shape. They expect a full recovery for those muscles, it just sometimes take time & therapy.
Heart - His heart went into the "flutter" again today (not sure if it was atrial or ventricular), but his heart rate stayed down around 100, and his blood pressure didn't move so Dr. Jones just ordered to nurses to monitor him closely instead of changing any medications, etc.
Confusion - Amy said that whenever she asked him direct questions (date, location, etc) that he was able to answer them correctly, however in between he seemed to still be getting a bit confused. They are not worried about anything at this point, since he is coming off of a long road of heavy sedation, but if his confusion continues into next week then they would order a Cat Scan to check for any brain damage... Snap out of it, Dad!!
All for now! Hals
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