{"id":2669,"date":"2008-08-26T13:00:00","date_gmt":"2008-08-26T19:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/?p=2669"},"modified":"2008-08-26T13:00:00","modified_gmt":"2008-08-26T19:00:00","slug":"yes-i-have-seen-a-movie-before","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.lordandrei.com\/blog\/2008\/08\/26\/yes-i-have-seen-a-movie-before\/","title":{"rendered":"Yes, I have seen a movie before"},"content":{"rendered":"

I think we’re turning the corner.<\/p>\n

Aiden has won himself one more free night’s stay in Chez Hospital tonight. <\/p>\n

While his breathing is no longer constricted and his treatments have moved from once every two hours to once every 4 hours our primary concern remains the oxygenation of his blood while he sleeps. <\/p>\n

From my understanding this is the % of red blood cells carrying oxygen in them. Absolutely healthy is 100%. All your red blood cells are showing oxygenization. If this dips down to 95% that’s getting down to the minimum where people start being concerned.<\/p>\n

When Aiden has been sleeping the last two nights it has been down as low as 83%. This necessitated Aiden being given Oxygen directly. And let me assure you, putting a nose tube on a two year old is not a walk in the park. You know, it’s not even a barefoot walk on hot coals without Yogic treatment.<\/p>\n

Also, with regular 2 hr treatments of albuterol, Aiden was really ramped up. <\/p>\n

Well, this afternoon at 12:45 we tried to put him down for a nap. (This has been a nightmare the past 2 days)
\nWithin 10 minutes (and a healthy dosage of the requisite “Sirens”) he was completely out.<\/p>\n

Aiden sleeps and we are still seeing 95% on his O2<\/sub> levels. The basic hospital policy on pediatrics is not to release a child unless they have gone 24 hours without needing to have O2<\/sub> administered. So… hopefully this is turning the corner and I’m not tempting fate by pointing it out.<\/p>\n

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