Saturday, January 21st
We're almost halfway through our rooming in period with Will. So far it has gone pretty well.
Unfortunately, Will had a rough day today. This morning his oxygen saturations and blood pressure dropped to low levels. His oxygen saturation ranged in the 40's and 50's (normal is 70's to 80's), and his mean blood pressure got to as low as 20 (lowest they like him to go is 45).
To help get him where he needed to be, they started him on hydrocortisone, dopamine (for blood pressure), and a sedative. They also had to give him a blood transfusion because his hemadocrite level was a bit low (probably from all the blood they had to draw for labs.) They also took some cultures of his urine and throat to see if he has an infection. And as a precautionary measure, they started him on 2 antibiotics.
This was a bit scary, because we thought that the shunt in his heart was failing. Thankfully, a heart echo showed that he was getting adequate blood flow to the lungs, but it did show some narrowing at the bottom of the shunt. They don't think it is significant enough to cause any problems.
His docs think that what probably caused this episode was a new medication that the endicrinology service put him on to help with his blood sugars and insulin levels. The last dose he got was at 4 a.m. this morning, but it can stay in your system up to 24 hours. So, they will watch him closely overnight and evaluate him in the morning before weaning him off his blood pressure medicines.
Hopefully, this won't delay our discharge on Tuesday. But, I kind of have a feeling that it will. I am just so thankful that this happened here instead of at home.
I'll try to "sneak out" to the family business center again tomorrow to give you an update!
Unfortunately, Will had a rough day today. This morning his oxygen saturations and blood pressure dropped to low levels. His oxygen saturation ranged in the 40's and 50's (normal is 70's to 80's), and his mean blood pressure got to as low as 20 (lowest they like him to go is 45).
To help get him where he needed to be, they started him on hydrocortisone, dopamine (for blood pressure), and a sedative. They also had to give him a blood transfusion because his hemadocrite level was a bit low (probably from all the blood they had to draw for labs.) They also took some cultures of his urine and throat to see if he has an infection. And as a precautionary measure, they started him on 2 antibiotics.
This was a bit scary, because we thought that the shunt in his heart was failing. Thankfully, a heart echo showed that he was getting adequate blood flow to the lungs, but it did show some narrowing at the bottom of the shunt. They don't think it is significant enough to cause any problems.
His docs think that what probably caused this episode was a new medication that the endicrinology service put him on to help with his blood sugars and insulin levels. The last dose he got was at 4 a.m. this morning, but it can stay in your system up to 24 hours. So, they will watch him closely overnight and evaluate him in the morning before weaning him off his blood pressure medicines.
Hopefully, this won't delay our discharge on Tuesday. But, I kind of have a feeling that it will. I am just so thankful that this happened here instead of at home.
I'll try to "sneak out" to the family business center again tomorrow to give you an update!
posted by Stephanie Burns @ 11:50 PM
1 Comments:
At 6:52 AM,
Anonymous said…
I am thankful that this happened at the hospital. What a day you all had! I'll be praying for a complete turnaround. I think a little delay on going home would make you feel a little more comfortable that he is "A-okay" and ready to go. What's a few more days for peace of mind. I'll be checking in to see how it's going. Love and pray for you all.
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