07.08.08
Thank You Terry & Kimo!!!
There were a lot of people that worked on Logan this weekend during his latest episode and we are thankful to all of them, but we are especially grateful to Terry (Logan’s nurse) and Kimo (one of the respiratory therapists).
Terry worked on Logan ALL DAY… from the start of her 12-hour shift until the very end, she was doing something with him… she didn’t get to eat lunch until about 3pm and even then she must have inhaled her food because she was only gone for 15-20 minutes… Terry was also an advocate for Logan with the doctors… She made sure that he got what he needed and that his med doses stayed at a level that kept him happy… (the doctors wanted to start weaning his meds)
Kimo was one of the respiratory therapists that was working on Logan when the doctors finally took him off of the osciallator vent. Before they took him off the vent, Logan’s oxygen saturation level was in the 20s (sometimes even lower than that) and we really thought we were going to lose him. When they took Logan off the vent, Kimo started to hand bag him. They had tried to hand bag him earlier without much success, but within a few minutes Kimo was able to get his stats up to a semi-decent level (around the 60-70s).. Kimo was also able to figure out what vent and vent settings would best approximate what he was doing manually. They did a lot of other things that probably contributed to Logan’s recovery, but Kim and I both feel that Kimo is the reason that Logan is still here today.
Once again, the staff at Kapiolani have shown why they are the best at what they do. Words cannot express how grateful we are… We can only say “Thank You!“