The nurse said Dad had a rough night last night. He has a lot of mucous in his lungs and throat, and is getting an NT Suction right now to try to clear a little bit of it up. They're also taking him off eating food or ice chips as they are concerned he may be aspirating into his lungs. Worse yet, Dad seems to have gotten more pronounced Intensive Care Delirium. He doesn't appear to be very with it, asking about random things like sled dogs and former vice presidents. This is generally very concerning, however 50-70% of medical ICU patients do experience delirium in their stay. Last night he was oriented x3, but that no longer appears to be the case. Hopefully he will be transferred to his own room today, and perhaps that will improve things some.
Update: Dad is having a feeding tube placed now.
Update 2: Dad finally has his own ICU room, in which Mom can use her cell phone. General consensus is this is a big improvement, but he remains very agitated and told mom that he "hurts everywhere". As long as she stays with him to keep him from removing his oxygen mask he doesn't need to have his hands tied down. Mom met with the neurologists, but was very unimpressed. One seemed incompetent, and the other two didn't seem overly concerned about Dad's pneumonia, stating that he's on abx and it will resolve in a couple days.
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