Day 143 - Chat with the Pulmonologist!
Saturday, May 22nd, 2021 James started the morning with an episode around the 7:30am and was inconsolable. The two main issues today is that James has not had a bowel movement in a while, today is his third day. Secondly, James has been having very bad reflux. Spitting up large amounts of his feed and gagging/choking. He needs to be sat up quite often. After his episode the nurse held him which he very much enjoyed. Mom then also held him. He did not want to be put down and enjoyed in a shoulder hold, face down or chest to chest. James had several episodes throughout the day. These were all pretty severe with very rapid desats. And again very inconsolable. One issue is that his leads and pulse oximeter continue to not read correctly. The BPD sweats and him flailing around. It is super nerve-racking when he is having an episode yet all of the his stats just look like ➖➖➖ on the monitor. We also met with the pulmonologist at the end of the day. This was his first look at James, besides g...