Scoliosis Operation: Day 2 (Thursday, 12 May 2011)

Mikaail is still not breathing on his own and had to be hooked on to a ventilator to assist with his breathing. We presumed that he was drowsy due to the effects of the general anesthesia and morphine. Doctors said that the machine needs to show up more “S” as this signifies that he was breathing on his own.

We consistently encouraged him to breathe.  Told him that he needs to breath harder to get the "A" and "S" on the computer screen.  So each time we tell him, he will breathe then he stops.  So the doctor said it is unsafe to remove the ventilator for the moment.