We didn't get much sleep last night. We did get a sleep room that we could use (full bath, TV, and a bed), so I took a 3 hour nap from about 11:30 - 2:30. Jenn went to the room about 2:45 and is still there. I am not sure how much sleep she got though. I am writing this before I go into the room. The nurse shift change is going on now & we have to be out from 6:45 - 8:00.
They took the tube out last night just before we got to go back in at 8:00 and she did okay most of the night. Jennifer said she had a few times that she had trouble with her breathing & we are having to coax her into coughing. She seems to be building up secretions (she has never had to cough them all the way up to her mouth before), and that is making her O2 sats drop.
They had weaned her O2 down to 1 liter and her O2 sats were at 97. Then this morning, they did a chest x-ray (she had to sit up to put the board behind her & then lean back on it and she didn't like that. Then they decided to move her to a different room where she could be paired with someone else since she wasn't on the ventilator. She had a coughing/choking spell when we got to the new room and her sats dropped. They increased the O2 to 4 liters and finally as I was about to leave, her sats have gotten back up to 93/94. That still isn't where we need them to be, but it is a start. They are going to do an albuterol treatment to see if they can get some of it cleared up. They gave her some more pain medicine before I left and she was doing better.
Please continue to keep us in your prayers today.
Thank you,
Randy
4 comments:
We will be praying for you all day. God show mercy and healing on your children.
Jerry and Elizabeth
Hey Randy and Jennifer,
I'm so glad Courtney's surgery went well. I have been praying for all of you since Randy's email yesterday. I want to come by and visit later this week after things have slowed down a bit. If I can bring you lunch/dinner on Friday please let me know. My cell is the same, 594-6396. Let me know if there is anything you need!
Best,
Lesley McMahan
All of at IDI are thinking of you... Thanks for keeping us posted!
Take care,
Shana Glickfield
Still praying and will continue to pray until you tell us to stop, so I guess that means you guys are on my permanent prayer list. Thanks for letting us help out with ride to practice today. Let us know what else we can help with.
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