We were finally scheduled to transfer to St. Cloud on Friday at noon, but we hit another fork in the road.
Brody's breathing tube came out last night. The good news is that the doctors felt he was ready to try the c-pap instead of being re-intubated. The bad news is that he will need to be stable with his breathing before he can be transferred. He will be on c-pap for an undetermined amount of time (it depends completely on Brody), and then they will switch to a cannula. A cannula is the tube that runs across the bottom of the nose with two prongs up the nose. They want him to be stable on the cannula for a few days before the transfer.
Papa and Mommy were up all night with Brody. He did a very good job transitioning to the new way of breathing, but he is very restless. He will sleep for a few minutes and then start crying. He still isn't making much of a noise, but every once in a while we will hear the cries now that the tube is out of his throat. We can sure see it when he cries, though. His stats are good, he is maintaining pretty good oxygen levels with only a few dips. His blood gas tests are coming back good (these tests monitor the levels of carbon dioxide and other gases in the blood to make sure he is getting the waste products out of his system through his breathing).
Wow!! You had two pieces of good news - too bad they just weren't timed a little better :). You will get back to St Cloud!!!!! I remember Matthew HATED his c-pap. But that means that Bridy is getting better :) Yay!!!
ReplyDeleteThey should have used the 3M tape - then it wouldn't have come out. That lil Brody just wants to show mom and dad just how strong he is getting. Here I prayed all day so the insurance would approve.I did not know I had to pray that he stayed intubated or I would have..8=)Hang in there - you will all be home soon. Hopefully with one less tube you can hold him more and he feels all that good love and his breathing will stabilize?
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