The second was this evening. A nurse came in to turn off an alarm that was beeping due to a low battery. Thankfully, she was already in the room when suddenly Benjamin started "coughing". I put coughing in quotation marks because it is more of a silent convulsing at this point. Benjamin is strapped down to the bed to keep him from pulling out his tubes. The tube blocks any noise from coming out, so when he starts coughing, he just starts turning red and his little body starts jerking.
When this started, his oxygen dropped from 98% to 17% in less than 30 seconds and his heart rate just started dropping. Luckily the nurse had entered to turn off the battery alarm, so she could intervene quickly - hand pumping some oxygen into him until numbers returned to normal. They have upped his doses of medicine to keep him more sedated and relaxed.
They did start feeding him. A very slow drip - 5 ml/hr (less than an ounce over 4 hrs) but at least he is eating!! As long as he responds well, they will be able to stop the IV fluids.
As of right now, the plan is to let him rest as much as possible for the weekend, letting machines do most of the "work" for him!!!
Thank you all so much for your prayers!! They are what is carrying us through.
-Charity
Thinking of you and praying for you constantly...my heart aches for you guys. We are believing for a full healing. I'm thankful you have family close by to help share the burden...we are praying praying praying.
ReplyDeleteLove you guys
ReplyDeletepraying constantly for you guys! love you! *hugs*
ReplyDeleteReading this brings back floods of memories and tears from when Hannah had RSV. She had just hit 10 pounds at 4 months when she came down with it.
ReplyDeleteYour entire family are in our prayers. It is hard to just set and watch. I fully remember being on an auto pilot it truly is the prayers of everyone that carry you from day to day.
Praying for you and your family . God Bless you
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