by Bob Lawrence | Jul 27, 2021 | Medical Journal
Jim moved today from Rush to RML Specialty Hospital in Hinsdale. He will be here as long as it takes to get off the vent so that he can then get to rehab. Jim still has mucous in his lungs that he needs to get out, but there is less. There is some feeling in...
by Bob Lawrence | Jul 22, 2021 | Medical Journal
Jim’s sister Joanne and his brother John have arrived in Chicago. Jim will be leaving Rush within the next week to go to a Long Term Acute Care facility. He will be well enough to be out of the hospital, but not ready to start working at the rehabilitation...
by Bob Lawrence | Jul 19, 2021 | Medical Journal
Jim got an ambulance ride back to Chicago Saturday and is at Rush in the ICU. So much easier for Jim’s dad and Suzie and Clara to be with Jim now. Visiting is still restricted as he is in ICU, but this is just another stopover for a week or two. We all want to...
by Bob Lawrence | Jul 17, 2021 | Medical Journal
Jim had a new trach put in yesterday. All went well. He was weened off oxygen throughout the day and kept his pulse oxygen level good the whole time.The plan is that within a week he will be transferring to the ICU at Rush hospital in Chicago. After a little more...
by Bob Lawrence | Jul 14, 2021 | Medical Journal
Update from the last 2 days.Each day has been more of the same. Sleep is tough at night. Still trying to dial in the trach and continue to cough up the the particles he took in from the lake. The current plan is that Jim is going to get a new, larger trach on...
by Bob Lawrence | Jul 12, 2021 | Medical Journal
Lots of activity today. Jim didn’t have a great nights sleep. The vent being on caused more of the crap to loosen in his lungs, which ultimately is the goal, but makes for a rough nights sleep.After OT this morning, the nurses used the hoyer lift to get him out of bed...
