here i sit. in the hospital. which is something i had wrapped my head around. but not for this reason. a cold, i think. the culture is in and we will know tomorrow. tomorrow, the day i was planning on coming into the hospital for darla jane's cath procedure which is now not going to happen. it is too risky to put them under anesthesia when they are sick so the cath has been canceled. and maybe even the surgery for next week.
yesterday darla jane was super grumpy and needed almost 2 liters of oxygen at times to keep her saturation up. i was on the phone with the on call dr. last night who told me to call if she was still satting the same in the morning, which she was. she needed almost 1 1/2 liters most of the day to keep her at 75-80% oxygen saturation.
HOWEVER...right now. she's asleep. only on 1/2 liter and is at 82%. silly girl. and not sounding congested at all. which is good.maybe it was just caused by allergies or something.
i'm going to talk to the dr.s in the morning. if the cultures come back negative and she stays clear until next week maybe we can still go ahead with the cath on monday instead and still have surgery on tuesday.
i will definitely keep the blog updated.
And the roller coaster ride continues! Hope she stays clear and can go ahead next week. Man...how to keep the cold germs away...what a challenge. Praying for you, your family, Darla Jane and the doctors and nurses.
ReplyDeleteI hope she feels better and everything goes well for next week. I can't imagine the waiting. We're thinking of you. What a great group of doctors she must have, and a great family to support her.
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