The doctor from the ICU called and let me know that they are going to give Dan a paralytic. It will keep his lungs from working and let the ventilator do all the work. They also keep him on his stomach so he can breathe easier. They assured me he won’t be in any pain because he’s heavily sedated. His blood oxygen is at 96% which is good but he is at the highest dose on the ventilator and they want to be able to eventually wean him off of it, which is why they are giving him the paralytic now.
Daniel Hopkins 