Dad’s in ICU on Ventilation&Tracheostomy. Can Dad Go Home with Services like Intensive Care at Home?

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My Dad is in ICU on a Ventilator with Tracheostomy. Is it True that My Dad Can Go Home with Services like Intensive Care at Home?

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In this episode of “YOUR QUESTIONS ANSWERED” I want to answer a question from one of my clients Anna as part of my 1:1 consulting and advocacy service! Anna’s dad is in ICU on a ventilator with tracheostomy and she is asking if her dad can really go home with services like the intensive care at home.

My Dad is in ICU on a Ventilator with Tracheostomy. Is it True that My Dad Can Go Home with Services like Intensive Care at Home?

Hi Anna,

Very nice to hear from you!

Even though your Dad’s by no way out of the woods, his neurology has definitely improved!

Keep him engaged and get him watching TV etc.

Because there clearly is this pattern with risk of infection and antibiotics ongoing, the only way to break out of the vicious cycle is to get him off the ventilator and out of ICU!

Kind regards,

Patrik

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Hi Patrik,

Many thanks for your email. A big help as always.

I have just done a purchase again on PayPal.

The consultant on yesterday called my stepmom in for a meeting. She said dad has a staphylococcal infection, which they are treating with antibiotics. (I will find out what antibiotic when I go in tomorrow; I’m driving down there tonight)

The consultant feels he is very weak. They did a CT scan which showed his lungs are no worse, no better. He is coughing up a lot of yucky stuff which they are suctioning off. Apparently they tried him off the ventilator yesterday but he struggled.

Patrik: It’s probably best if you send me another picture of the ventilator and I can comment on it.

The consultant says there are a few warning signs on renal function again. I will ask for specifics.

Patrik: Yes please, get the specifics.

The consultant said her view remains unchanged from the beginning – that he is unlikely to survive...

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