Monday, March 16, 2009

Mom passed her second swallow study on Monday 3/16. She sat up longer without support. She is now receiving medicine for restless leg syndrome at night. She does not take this medicine during the day because it is too sedating. Lastly, her trachea or windpipe has become swollen due to the trach tube. She is receiving steroids (not the ones football players take) to decrease this swelling. Hopefully this will allow her to come off the trach sooner.

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  1. Ben, thanks for keeping us updated on your mom's progress. I see that you entered the latest post quite late last night.
    Cathy Taylor

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  2. I was on call last night for my group. That was the first time that day I had a chance to write anything on the blog.

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