Had a rough night

Last night was pretty rough and might have set him back a little bit. After his 9pm breathing treatment mom noticed he was coughing a lot more than normal. This went on all night. She called the nurses in several times, but they couldn't figure out why. When the morning nurse came on he figured out what was wrong. The easy to understand version - there is a cuff around his tube in his throat that inflates so that it can block his saliva/secretions from going into his lungs. It had deflated. So a bunch of junk is now in his lungs. This can lead to infection, etc. So, they are waiting for a lung x-ray to see how bad it is and to get him back on the right path. Unfortunately we don't know more, but we're afraid this might delay his transfer to Healthsouth :(

So, neither he nor mom got much sleep at all last night - both are VERY tired today and will probably be napping as much as possible to catch up.