When I first came in on Wednesday morning - the nurse told me Anna had just had a deep desat (low O2 saturation level), but she came up on her own fine. I went for a family meeting with the doctors to discuss the plan with her - which at this point was just feeding, growing and improving her breathing. I was looking forward to try nurse her again once the meeting was over. I went to go pump (as she is only allowed it empty for now). When I came back - she had just had another deep desat and the nurse had to use a little bit of oxygen to get her back up. Nursing was put off for the day so I settled into holding skin to skin, looking forward to my mom and sister visiting.
We were cuddling for a while when I noticed her ng tube was in about 6cm short. I showed the nurse and we both thought maybe her desats were caused by that.
My mom and sister were on their way up when the monitor starting dinging and I looked at Anna and she was going blue. I pulled her out and gave her to the nurse right away. The nurse encouraged her to breath and starting giving her oxygen - calling for more support. Anna's colouring changed from blue to so pale and she was flaccid. They did get her breathing again and got the CPAP machine hooked up. They quickly did an xray to see what her lungs looked like - as that ng tube placement was a concern. The top right corner looked like maybe she aspirated a bit. They also started an iv line to do her feeds through there. Somewhere in the middle of that my mom walked in and then switched with my sister - who handles medical stuff alot better.
The team was just slowly dispersing and Tracy and I were standing by her - when she started desating again. We backed up while they worked to get her breathing again. Her heart rate was also decreasing and unstable. They kept the cpap on - but on a different setting that provided her with a puff of air to remind her to breath when she wasn't. We were warned that if she desated again they would intubate.
About an hour later - she desated again so she was intubated. Ryan got to the hospital just as I was going to see her intubated. We stayed with her the rest of the evening. It was so nice to see her with some colour.
That evening (after Ryan had gone home) Anna was very unsettled - lots of silent crying and flailing around - so they sedated her through the night.
They are checking her for virus' and bacteria's - trying to find the cause. She does have alot of secretions in her nose and mouth. Her hemoglobin level was also getting to the lower side so they did a blood transfusion, to give her an extra boost of oxygen carrying cells.
We thank the Lord for keeping watch over Anna during this scary time! We covet your prayers as they try to find out what is causing all of this.
Are not two sparrows sold for a penny? And not one of them will fall to the ground apart from your Father. But even the hairs of your head are all numbered. Fear not, therefore; you are of more value than many sparrows.
Matthew 10: 29-31
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