Sun 4:30 PM

Bev has been on the respirator all afternoon. Every time the respirator is removed Bev breathes on her own for 3 to 5 hours and then her Broncial and COPD problems start to kick in and the respirator has to be put back on.  The doctors are giving Bev medicine to help her lungs now, and the next time she is removed from the respirator Bev will have a medication close to the puffer she uses at home for her lungs.  Bev's pulse is higher than the doctors would like, around 117, so they gave Bev a blood transfusion. Apparently a little extra blood in the veins allows the heart to not work as hard.