{"id":77,"date":"2007-12-02T23:11:57","date_gmt":"2007-12-03T07:11:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/?p=77"},"modified":"2007-12-02T23:11:57","modified_gmt":"2007-12-03T07:11:57","slug":"nuthin-but-me","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/westfall.raquet.net\/?p=77","title":{"rendered":"Nuthin but me!"},"content":{"rendered":"

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My oh my what a day!\u00a0 We received word this morning that Greyson was doing well and they had written orders to continue the DEX (steroid) a little longer and ween his vent rate by 6 every 6 hours provided his blood gasses were good.\u00a0 Well when we arrived at the hospital at 2:30pm (yes I got out of working tonight and got to go!) his nurse told me he was at a rate of 30.\u00a0 I was puzzled and said “what a minute that’s not right!”.\u00a0 Of course I was doing the math based on what he was at when I had last talked to the nurse reducing the number by 6 every 6 hours.\u00a0 Well he continued to do well so they weened him even faster than expected.\u00a0 So they had just turned him down to a rate of\u00a030 and were doing a\u00a0gas.\u00a0 His co2 had jumped to 60.\u00a0 Not terrible but up 10 from the last gas.\u00a0 The Dr. decided to stay aggressive on the ween and turned him down to a rate of 25.\u00a0 I was sure his gas would be even higher since they had turned him down some more, but his gas came back with a c02 of 47.\u00a0 So they turned him down to a rate of 20.\u00a0 At 7:30pm we all waited (with the Dr. not far away as he was very interested to see what the numbers were!) for another gas to come back.\u00a0 If it was good they would try to extubate Greyson.\u00a0 It came back with a c02 of 57.\u00a0 So just before 8pm tonight they extubated Greyson and put him on a cpap.\u00a0 <\/font><\/p>\n

**Very Important note–Most babies “fail” the first time they are extubated.\u00a0 This usually happens sometime within 48 hours of being extubated because they get tired out.\u00a0 For Greyson this will be compounded as they ween him off the DEX.\u00a0 Basically once they remove the DEX his lungs go back somewhat to where they were before he got the DEX.\u00a0 Having said that the process of being extubated, even for a short time, is a MAJOR step forward.\u00a0 Even if he has to be put back on the vent (which he probably will) this time off of it allows his lungs a chance to heal and helps him develop his breathing muscles.\u00a0 <\/font><\/p>\n

OK so after breathing on his own (with cpap which is constant positive air pressure), his blood gas c02 was 56.\u00a0 He will have another gas at midnight.\u00a0 Soooooo……so far so good!\u00a0 We stayed for a couple hours with our hands on the camera hoping we could capture his first cry but unfortunately he hadn’t cried by the time we left.\u00a0 Again time will tell but we are certainly celebrating the fact that at least for awhile, Greyson is breathing on his own!<\/font><\/p>\n

We also briefly got to see his face completly free from any tubes!\u00a0 Hope you enjoy the picture!<\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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