Trach Decision

They are doing the trach thing on Friday. It is temporary. They will run the vent through the trach so he can be more comfortable. It is likely he will have to keep a trach of some sort until we have more concrete answers. One doctor up here is very gloomy and not hopeful at all. Tracy's primary care doctor is optimistic (cautiously so). We are all aware of what the situation is. I mean we have been stuck in ICU for a week so clearly Tracy is not in the best of health, but we would not be doing all of this if we did not feel there was a future and hopefully a productve meaningful one. Dr. Law (the hopeful one) has said that there is a long road ahead and is going to come up with some new names to help. Tracy today has been more alert and can respond to basic commands like wiggle your toes and squeeze my hand as well as shake his head yes or no to a few things such as are you cold, do you know where you are, etc. He has said he is not in pain but does gag quite a bit. I do not blame him and I hope the trach vent works better for him.