The Mexican

When Mom and I walked into the Hospital this morning Dad quickly told us that the doctor was in to see him and that he (Dad) wanted us to ask the doctor a few questions, apparently the doctor is also having trouble reading Dad’s lips. When we asked him which doctor, he said “the Mexican one”. You have to see this doctor in order to appreciate this, he has a huge mustache but he is not Mexican! Dad may have momentarily lost the movement in his body, but he hasn’t lost his sense of humor. Anyway, after we laughed I noticed that the ventilator breath rate was set at 0. This means that he is not getting any breathing assistance from the machine and he is breathing on his own, Praise God! Although he is now breathing on his own the ventilator is still supplying air pressure to his lungs. This pressure now needs to be slowly weaned. Once this is done then he can come off of the ventilator… it will be soon.