Wednesday, April 22, 2009 A Very Scary Day

We went to see Shailee today, and all was well and she was stable. But she had a very bad episode today where her oxygen started dropping and suctioning her wasn't helping and then her heart rate started dropping dramatically, they called down for Albuterol right away because they thought that it was just from her pnuemonia and the phlegm, she was given 4 puffs of the medication, but that didn't help at all, so they had to bag her to keep her oxygen and heart rate up and she was turning blue fast. they thought that there was a plug (phlegm) stuck in the breathing tube so they had to take out her tube and reintubate her with a new tube, it took them two tries to get the new tube in and they had to bag her in between but they got it in and she was returning to normal again, her heart rate stayed up for about a half hour afterwards but they said it was only from all of the stress. there was nothing in the tube but they said it could have fallen off, or it could have been caused because before this happened she was pulling on her tube very good and she could have moved it, so we put a new sock on her hand before we left so she couldn't grab it anymore. they did a chest x-ray right after, and her lungs still look a little hazy but everything looked good in terms of her lungs and the placement of the new tube. we stayed until we were sure she was stable as well. and i called and checked on her again a little bit ago and she said that she is still doing good, and is still stable,and hasn't had anymore episodes, so lets hope it stays that way. they also draw food out of her belly through her feeding tube before they feed her to make sure that she is digesting it ok, and today they pulled out bile instead of food or curds, which means she didn't digest the prior feeding, but they said that it was ok and that it's normal for that to happen once and a while, but they will keep watching it, she hasn't had that happen again today either. she said it isn't a problem unless she would keep doing it so nothing to worry about right now. she is still on the antibiotic, as well as the dijoxen and capoten for her heart. and the robinul for her secretions is helping alot! but they are still suctioning due to the pnuemonia. they are also giving her the diuretic to help get rid of the fluid in her lungs as well. so we had a very exciting visit this time, and i hope we don't have to do that again! but all is well now. i will update more tomorrow, and here are the new pics.