Respiratory thoughts
Joey was weaned to a vapotherm flow of 2 yesterday, and he had a pretty good day too. He was alert and playful. We did notice that his gtube site was pretty angry and red. The team decided not to do anything about it though.
Today, Joey was not in the best of mood and appeared to be agitated. His vapotherm stopped working and he desaturated into the 60s. He was still on vapotherm with a flow of 2, but after that machine malfunction, he couldn't seem to rise above the 60 percent. I am concerned about it. The pulmonology doctor came to visit us this afternoon, and he wants to start Joey on prilosec again and lasex to get Joey in the best position to see if he can wean down better on his respiratory support. After that, he may do another bronchoscopy, but I really wanted him to trial some bipap or cpap in the evening to help Joey out with having more reserve to handle low flow.
Today, Joey was not in the best of mood and appeared to be agitated. His vapotherm stopped working and he desaturated into the 60s. He was still on vapotherm with a flow of 2, but after that machine malfunction, he couldn't seem to rise above the 60 percent. I am concerned about it. The pulmonology doctor came to visit us this afternoon, and he wants to start Joey on prilosec again and lasex to get Joey in the best position to see if he can wean down better on his respiratory support. After that, he may do another bronchoscopy, but I really wanted him to trial some bipap or cpap in the evening to help Joey out with having more reserve to handle low flow.
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