Day 227 - 🫁 Not Weaning the Peep; But Weaned the Fio2!
Saturday, August 14th, 2021 He has been doing this new thing where he is coughing, then starts choking, then turns purple quickly. He is coughing up his own secretions out of the trach, but it is scary to watch. Pulmonologist stopped in and in summary said that he does not want to try to wean the PEEP while inpatient. He said that he believes we should get the GI situation under control before going home. Mom informed him that the doctor will be taking over this week is going to be pushing for our discharge. He said that it is good that someone on the team is pushing for it. And then the GI doctor stopped in and said he heard Mom spoke to the pulmonologist about concerns regarding the G-tube leaking into the diaper. Concerns about how long this is going to be. He said that it should only be a few days. Mom let him know about she reached out to the G-tube Facebook group of moms and a lot of them say that they've had to vent into the diaper for several months, sometimes permanently....