The key question is whether he is breathing on his own.
Yes, that would tell everything..................
If they have reduced his oxygen 50%, it seems that must mean he has some capability. It will only be 48 hours since the injury tonight , through personal experience, the docs maintain life saving procedures, do scans for brain swelling, pneumonia, heart damage etc. keep the patient sedated, allowing the body to begin healing during the critical seventy-two hour period If they are able to reduce oxygen to just a low maintenance level, then they start deciding when they will discontinue sedation and see what they get. As an example, he might be able to completely breathe on his own and be off sedation, but he might still have brain damage. From our experience, it was a wait, test and see. It all turned out great for our son and i know exactly what this family is going through, prayers to them.
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Glenn said there were some encouraging signs, such as doctors lowering the level of oxygen Hamlin needs from 100% to 50%.
“He’s still sedated right now,” Glenn told CNN. “They just want him to have a better chance of recovering better. So, they feel that if he’s sedated, his body can heal a lot faster than if he was woke and possibly cause other complications.”
According to Glenn, Hamlin is now “flipped over on his stomach” in the hospital to help with the blood in his lungs.
“Doctors said that Damar is on his stomach to help take the pressure off the lungs, so they don’t have to work as hard,” Glenn said.
Glenn went on to say that the next step is to get Hamlin, who is still sedated on a ventilator, to breathe on his own.“
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