So right now, Jr is sleeping or rather sedated because he has a breathing tube in. This isn't related to the tumor. He had to have a post operative MRI this morning and they were keeping him sedated since the surgery yesterday. The sedative was not doing its job so they decided to intubate him so that he would not move during the MRI. Unfortunately, he threw up the tube and possibly something may have blocked his airway causing his left lung to collapse. This was a bit more than scary when he came back to the ICU room with a breathing bag and several people working over him. So all said, they had to re-intubate him and are keeping him sedated until that left lung is fully inflated again. I am waiting on the results of the second Xray now to see how things are moving along.
Disclaimer: I am not a doctor, I am reporting this information in the way that it makes sense to me. If something doesn't make sense you are more than welcome to ask for clarification, I will do my best.
Good god, they are going to do suction on his breathing tube again. I hate this and so does he, it sounds terrible and I'm sure it feels worse.
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