Monday, March 23, 2009

Mom told Bob that she would like people to wake her when they visit. Yesterday evening, I discovered that the physicians in Utah did not know that mom has MS. This information will likely help them plan her recovery. Two consultations have been requested. The first will be from a neurologists to assess, if possible, what part of her sleepiness is related to medication, what part is related to her injury and what part is from her MS. Part of this evaluation will include a repeat head CT. She has not had one of these since her transfer from Idaho Falls. The second will be from an Ear, Nose and Throat doctor who will evaluate mom's airway to determine why she is so slow to wean off the trach. This will likely occur on Wednesday. Lastly, she continues to pull her feeding tube out occasionally. However, the PT accidentally pulled it out today. I have asked the care team to consider placing a PEG which is a feeding tube across the abdominal wall directly into the stomach. We think this will be a less irritating alternative for her.

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