Ethan failed his oxygen test last night. He started out doing really well. His o2 saturation (sats) were in the 90s where they are supposed to be. He then fell asleep. His sats dropped into the low 80s high 70s.
We called our pedi's nurse line and a nurse from Children's Hospital called us back. She told us to put him back on the o2 because those are way to low to leave him off for the night. We put him back on the o2 and just let the monitor keep running to make sure we were getting good sat readings with his o2 settings as they are.
James is going to call our pedi today and talk with her and see what she wants to do. I think right now we are attributing this failure to his cold that he has had since we got home from Christmas. He just isn't quite over it yet to be able to come off the o2.
Hopefully soon!
Taking personal responsibility
12 hours ago
2 comments:
Hey Jess have you guys thought about inclining the head of the mattress? If I lay flat I have a hard time breathing too, esp with a cold. It was just a thought.
Sam
Sam-
We already have their beds inclined due to their reflux. We didn't lay him flat at all last night and he still sat-ed low. I am sure once he is over this cold he'll do better.
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