Day 61 - August 15 - Evaluation results

This has been a pretty good day, all in all. In addition to the evaluation this morning, the boy has had eight visitors this afternoon. Unfortunately, all of them were adults of one persuasion or another, but still, it was good. We had our pastor and his wife, then some of the elders of the church, and finally some family friends. He's resting now while we await delivery of yet another pizza.

OK, OK, you're all chomping at the bit to hear the evaluation results, so I'll quit teasing you...

This morning two ladies from CareMeridian came by to evaluate the boy. They looked through the paperwork, made a bunch of copies, spoke with us and Connor for a bit, and finally determined that with one exception, there wasn't any reason why he can't be transferred.

The exception is that he hasn't been weaned enough from the ventilator yet. So, in order to track his progress, here's where we are -

- a week ago, he was running at 40% O2 with a PEEP (the pressure they use to keep his lungs inflated) of 12. For reference purposes, normal O2 is 21% and a normal PEEP is 2 to 5).
- today, they had weaned him to 35% with a PEEP of 6, which is a significant difference.
- the CareMeridian people want to see him stable for a number of days at 30% or below.

So, there's another prayer request - that Connor will be able to maintain his O2 saturation with the lower levels and pressures.

Finally, the facility in Gilroy does not currently have a Respiratory Therapist on staff, something I think necessary in order for the boy to receive the care he needs. Please be praying that God will meet that need as well.

So we're still in Fresno, at least for the next little while. Yippee. But perhaps there's a bit of light at the end of this particular tunnel...

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