Below is three texts from Sarah to our whats app family group, Ive altered some of wording to make it read better and added parts which I think help explain it better
Saturday afternoon
Hi just spoke to the nurse. Iain has had his oxygen reduced from 50% to 35% which is good. He’s not needing any support for his BP (blood pressure). They have reduced the anaesthesia slightly to make Iain cough and he’s managed this a few times but he got a bit tired so they’ve put him back in a deeper sleep but it showed he can still breath on his own. They said he was very stable and not as poorly as he was yesterday. They are going to move him to another ICU ward later. He will still be ventilated and in a coma and nursed by ICU nurses and Drs but he’s not so poorly that he needs to be in the covid19 critical area that he is now. They are putting the more stable patients on the ward so that’s all good. Xx
Saturday 5PM (ish)
Iain’s been moved to the North West Ventilation unit which is still in Wythenshaw hospital and still for ICU patients but it’s an off shoot because of the virus. They've created another area due to influx of the people they are getting but it's the same standard of care. They said he’s still the same so stable. xx
Saturday 9PM (ish)
One of my friends daughters works on respiratory and says the new ward ,the old H.I. (high dependency) unit is very small (16 beds) and opposite ICU. She said they may have thought they might be ready to wean him soon hence the step down so I shall keep praying he will be back with us soon xx
Sarah is able to ring at any time to get updates. depending on who you get these can sometimes be vague and unhelpful and at others times an absolute wealth of information and hope.
Of the 20/21 people in the critical ICU Iain was the "most well" there ( i cant think of any other way to put that!) The fact he is being shifted shows that.
Sarah had a long chat with an excellent consultant last night who said , he is still poorly, but is holding his own and showing good signs of recovery.He said there is a long road ahead and do not expect him to take just a few days. it is quite likely he will be on the ventilator for another two weeks then after that still more recovery time in a ward before recovery time at home.It will not all be plain sailing and he may take backward steps on the way from time to time.
One of the BIG plus"s is his blood pressure is normal as on the real bad cases the blood pressure is real high which is not good for hopes of recovery.
If any of you have high blood pressure you need to proper isolate.
The consultant asked what he did as a job and when Sarah said a postman the consultant thinks he probably got it there rather than from Sarah. He said the majority of people who have it are still at work mixing with others, or its those people who show a blatent disregard for social distancing.
5AM this morning Sarah rang the hospital and Iain is still stable
Below is the last picture Sarah sent to our whats app group last night with the wording underneath.
Night everyone, Im with mummy again in the big bed as ive got to keep her company till my Daddy comes home.
I really do hope that my story will all make you take extra care and self isolate as much as possible. If you want to copy this and show it to any friends then please do so.It may help to make people think twice, as be of no doubt there is a good chance in the not to distance future that you or your relatives will reach the hospital under similiar circumstances and due to the NHS being overwhelmed due to the lack of social distancing there wont be any spare ventilators or beds....................
