For our family and friends that do not have facebook, the last 24+ hrs has been rough around here. Our Ian is in the hospital again, this time for respiratory issues.
Here is an update:
Please pray for our Ian. He went into emergency Sunday morning with labored breathing. They admitted him because things were not improving with treatment. The Dr. In emergency said he has Bronchiolitis.
Over night his breathing became more labored and he was getting very tired. By early morning they called the rapid response team for Ian as his oxygen was too low (he was on oxygen already). They decided to put him in the PICU. (pediatric intensive care unit). Once there they sedated him (being on so many meds before he took a bit to sedate) They put in another iv, intubated him (tube into his trachea - just above the lungs), put in an art line (for measuring blood pressure, and getting blood gas samples), and tried to put in a central line unsuccessfully. Poke...poke...poke...poke...poke it takes a few pokes with Ian because he has had so many iv's in his life. Then Ian started waking up and fought the ventilator trying to breathe on his own. By doing so he collapsed both lungs. His oxygen went down to 15, it should be 100. All of a sudden there were drs and nurses everywhere. Eventually they were able to get Ian's oxygen back up by 'bagging' him. Ian needed 80% oxygen, and the ventilator was at 38 for pressure. The dr said to get the lung bypass machine. (ECMO - is an extracorporealtechnique of providing both cardiac and respiratory support oxygen to patients whose heart and lungs are so severely diseased or damaged that they can no longer serve their function - Wikipedia.) While they were bringing it down the RT and Intensivist decided to try a different mode on the ventilator. ( a mode not usually used on babies/children) It worked! The ECMO is now parked just outside his door. We are really hoping he won't need it... They medically paralyzed him for now. He was not destating so much when I left. The Intensivist in the picu said Ian is acting like he has pneumonia. I haven't talked to the dr after Ian's last xray (1 yesterday 3 today). But I'm sure I'll chat with him later. Thank-you for all your messages, texts and support so far God is good.
Updated July 26 2014
Please pray for our Ian. He went into emergency Sunday morning with labored breathing. They admitted him because things were not improving with treatment. The Dr. In emergency said he has Bronchiolitis.
Over night his breathing became more labored and he was getting very tired. By early morning they called the rapid response team for Ian as his oxygen was too low (he was on oxygen already). They decided to put him in the PICU. (pediatric intensive care unit). Once there they sedated him (being on so many meds before he took a bit to sedate) They put in another iv, intubated him (tube into his trachea - just above the lungs), put in an art line (for measuring blood pressure, and getting blood gas samples), and tried to put in a central line unsuccessfully. Poke...poke...poke...poke...poke it takes a few pokes with Ian because he has had so many iv's in his life. Then Ian started waking up and fought the ventilator trying to breathe on his own. By doing so he collapsed both lungs. His oxygen went down to 15, it should be 100. All of a sudden there were drs and nurses everywhere. Eventually they were able to get Ian's oxygen back up by 'bagging' him. Ian needed 80% oxygen, and the ventilator was at 38 for pressure. The dr said to get the lung bypass machine. (ECMO - is an extracorporealtechnique of providing both cardiac and respiratory support oxygen to patients whose heart and lungs are so severely diseased or damaged that they can no longer serve their function - Wikipedia.) While they were bringing it down the RT and Intensivist decided to try a different mode on the ventilator. ( a mode not usually used on babies/children) It worked! The ECMO is now parked just outside his door. We are really hoping he won't need it... They medically paralyzed him for now. He was not destating so much when I left. The Intensivist in the picu said Ian is acting like he has pneumonia. I haven't talked to the dr after Ian's last xray (1 yesterday 3 today). But I'm sure I'll chat with him later. Thank-you for all your messages, texts and support so far God is good.
Updated July 26 2014
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