NC 12 Noon Friday

We have had so many friends and family come by today it has helped to have someone else show support and love. They have also brought us food, which we all appreciate. This is the first time our family has ever been involved in the ICU. I am still trying to figure how this works, I am so full of questions, confussion, sadness, hope and trust. The Doctor saw us around 11 and gave us a report for the day. My father is doing okay. What I understand is that dad's condition can change hr to hr, day to day. Last night was bad this morning is better. Papi's main 2 problems right now are one he cant breathe on his own and 2 he cant regulate his blood pressure. That is why he is in ICU. He has many other complacations going on but these two are the reasons why he is here. As the day goes by they continue to wean him from both machines hopping that he will start on his own. We also learned that there is nothing wrong with his heart. They still dont know why his heart failed, but there is no damage there. His levels of pottassium were also low at the time of the heart attack so still unsure there. One thing that was sad was that he mentioned that every morning they turn all the sedation off of the patients to wake them up. Most all patients wake up and for seconds they feel more pain, one of the reasons that they do this is to make sure brain is working alright. Papi didnt wake up this morning. He said not to worry to quickly since papi is a dialysis patient the sedatives stay in his body for longer times. But he wanted to mention to us that papi had a heart attack and his brain did stop receiving oxygen for awhile. This is the latest update on his health.