Evening update

(Originally appeared April 26, 2016)

Jacob had a bit of a spell early this evening. His oxygen level started dropping and the ventilator wasn’t quite cutting it. When his heart rate also started to drop, the nurse had to “bag” him, which means that she performed manual hand-pumping respiration for him (kinda like you see in the TV shows, but not so dramatic). They’ve had to do this for him a few times before. The first time was frightening for Deb and I. Each time it happens we just take it in stride now.
His evening chest xray showed great improvement over the cloudy one this morning. His nurse suggested that perhaps the bagging procedure caused things to open up considerably which showed as a clearer xray image. While this is good, it will likely be only temporary. We shall see what tomorrow brings.