Day 250 - Weaning Clonidine & PEEP (And Mom goes to ER)
Monday, September 6th, 2021 New doctor this week who wanted to wean Clonidine. Said "We haven't weaned clonidine in a few days." An actuality it was just weaned Saturday, and it's Monday morning. She also wanted to wean PEEP to 10. Alright, let's make all the changes at once! Mom told her that one of the GI doctors would like to do the small bowel series to rule out an obstructions, but the PICU Doctor was not in agreement to get this done. So Mom had to really push for this. We're not just leaving here on a bunch of medication agains with no answers as to why his G-tube was expelling 3x the amount of gastric drainage. On top of this, bowel obstructions runs in the family. Both mom's dad and mom's grandmother had colon cancer. So we are better safe than sorry in checking it out. A different GI Doctor came in and said "Oh he looks good, his heart rate is better now". Mom said, "yes he is sleeping". He said, "No his heart rate w...