Wed. update

Well, today was not a good day. Preston was awake more, BUT the dumb doctor whom we are not real fond of anyhow (one of the floor doctors for PICU)made a huge mistake today. He told the nurse to pull out Preston's NG tube and put a real tiny one in down to his small intestine so he could be fed. Well, she pulls it out, and it takes 3 times of trying to get the little one down, and he was almost in respiratory distress by the time they were done, and then listen to this! The dr. walks in Preston's door and says that he needs the bigger NG tube that they had just pulled out. I was in tears and very upset. I told them they had to let him calm down and rest. So he wasn't able to go on the B-pap machine right away, just stay on oxygen. I asked him why he did it, and he said, "I take full responsibility for everything that happens on the unit." Then he had the nerve to say, "This is the most I have seen him awake, do you agree?" I said, "So you torture him so he will wake up?" He said that maybe he should ask me that question at another time. I called Jr. at work in the middle of this, and he when I told him what dr. had done and that they had to put another one in, he said, "What??? Do I need to come to the hospital, and I said yes. So he came. So he told the nurse he wanted to see the dr. and when the dr. came in he started toward me saying he was sorry and Jr. told him HE was the one he was going to talk too and he said ok. He told him it was miscommunication. He had told the nurse the tube was too high, whereas she told me the dr. told her to take it out. So someone is not telling the truth. Everyone apologized but that doesn't change the fact of what happened. But they got the 2nd one in pretty easy, Jr. said. When Jr. got there and they were ready to do it, he told me to go somewhere for a while, and he stayed for it. I went to Easley and ran some errands.
After the trauma was over, Preston rested quite well. He was so hot and sweaty from it all, and I got him cooled down, and he went to sleep. He is having some tremors but not as bad as they were. Thank the Lord for that. He did have a lot this a.m. early and I asked them to give him ativan. That usually helps some. Ativan helps the nervous system as well as helps control seizures.
Overall, I think Preston is a tiny bit better. The chest exrays are looking a little better. We are a little more positive than we were on Monday. I was told my one of the nurses that this dr. from today is the most negative of all of the doctors that rotate on the unit. He is afraid to give hope and then have the patient die. But I think he is a little too cautious, maybe.
I am home to sleep tonight, I am exhausted. I will go back in a.m. and Jr. will go to work.
Keep praying for us all. Thank you for the cards, visits and we appreciate our church family so much. Our church has given us money to help us pay our bills during this time. It has been such a blessing. Our pastor, Bro. Going, hardly misses a day of coming to see us and pray with us. Many visit over and over again and when they cannot come, they call to check on Preston. We are so blessed.