Day 182 - Care Conference, James gets bagged, & Faulty Alarms
Wednesday, June 30th, 2021
Morning: James had lots of snuggles by RNs and Therapists in the morning.
Our Care Conference was at noon. To make a long story short we are going to the PICU on Friday and will be leaving the NICU for good. We will be very sad to leave our Primary Nurse and a few others. 😭 This is what's best for James and it will also get us closer to discharge. Even though they still have RSV they are saying it is not too bad in the PICU but still on the floor (🤷). So James is due for another synagis shot.
Evening: Mom and Dad went out to dinner and when Mom got back she noticed that the Doctor was starring at her walking down the hall but didn't say anything and she thought that was odd. Well about an hour after being in the room the RN informed us that James had disconnected his oxygen, went down to 4, and had to get bagged. This is the worst thing that has ever happened to him yet!
This is why Mom normally does not leave the room. We understand that this is not one-to-one care, because an RN has two babies to watch. But what we don't understand is how a vent disconnection or a Brady doesn't have different sounding alarms. In the NICU, you'll have beeps going off the whole night like PEAK pressure, PEEP pressure, volume delivery restricted, oxygen desating, oxygen high sating, etc. However when something as serious as a vent disconnection or a bradycardia occurs there should be a different and very loud alarm that goes to both the RN and RT. This Hospital seriously needs to look into this before they lose a baby. Thank goodness we actually like our RN. We know this has to be really stressful on them too. These tiny lives are in their hands.
He was given a PRN Morphine and they wanted to continue with the synagis injection, which mom decided is not going to fucking happen tonight. Give him a break!
Happy happy 6 month birthday to you, seeet baby James! Xoxo xoxo
ReplyDeleteThanks Beverly!
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