Just wanted to add a little more to my last post. I forgot to mention that when Ethan turned blue and he had to have some oxygen that his heart rate also dropped to somewhere in the 30s (normal is 140-160) so they had to do about 4 chest compressions....but as I said, he came out of it and is okay.
The resident doctor called me at 8:30am this morning to let me know that Ethan was doing fine, and that they had figured out part of what happened last night. They did an x-ray around 3:00am and found that his breathing tube was sitting a bit low and had probably touched a nerve (can't remember what it's called) that can cause the heart to react the way it did. So the tube has been moved and all is well.
They also had to give Ethan extra sedation and had to give him a drug to basically paralyze him because he was moving around quite a bit and he could have caused himself harm. It was only given to him twice in the early morning before rounds so it could give the doctors a chance to come up with a plan for the day.
Ethan is quite alert and aware of his surroundings, even sedated. It's actually quite something to see.
ReplyDeleteEthan is such a trooper, so are mum and dad <3
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