In happy news, Aimee was able to ditch the hospital gown and wear a shirt for the first time today! Nice to see her in clothes. Another step towards normal.
1.30.22 Trach Floor 97
Not quite as peaceful of a recovery day as we had hoped. After the long dry circuit trial yesterday of 6 hours, Aimee got a mucous plug today that blocked off a portion of her left lung. It was a helpful experience for us to know how to deal with this at home. The dry circuit is when we take the humidifier off of the ventilator to go portable. Since the vent goes straight into the trachea, the air being breathed in is not naturally humidified by the secretions in the nose/mouth. There is a little device added to the vent to help keep the air from drying out too fast, but it doesn’t add any moisture. Mucous plugs are the potential consequence.
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