I did hear from the new doctor morning. She reports that Dorothy is stable and mostly unchanged from yesterday. She emphasized that recovery from COVID can be a very slow process and that being stable, while not as good as improving, is still a good sign.

She is going to start lightening Dorothy’s sedation level. Because of the fevers that Dorothy was having over the past week, they are a bit concerned about whether the infection caused any delirium. They can treat it if so, but they need to bring out some in order to make a diagnosis.

We also discussed the possibility of a tracheotomy later this week. The doctor is hopeful that Dorothy’s ventilator settings will improve over the next couple of days. Her numbers while on her stomach are looking good enough right now, but the problem is when she on her back; those settings will also need to improve. If that is the case, they are going to try to remove the intubation tube and see how she does without a ventilator at all. In any event, we won’t be any decisions on the tracheotomy until at least Thursday.