Day 97 - 1st Trach Change & Back in the NICU 🧳
Tuesday, April 6th, 2021 What day is it? 🤣😩😪 Before the trach change Morning Update: First trach change happened around 12:15pm. It went well and the doctor said his stoma looked good. A whole slew of people came to watch although at first it was hard to find a single RT. Then all of sudden the room was full. Interesting how we have such strict rules around covid but then allow several people to be in a patient's room just to watch a procedure. First withdrawal episode 🤔: He was taken off of the paralytic, sedation, and pain med immediately after the trach change and then put on methadone and clonidine for pain. Immediately he threw up, brayded, desated, and was angry. Mom had to go out in the hallway and call for help. She was told "he is fine". Since he never throws up she felt like these were withdrawal symptoms already, but was told it was too early. Interestingly enough they decided to start him back on morphine (pain) and dexmedetomidine (sedation) right after...