Re-Intubation
Virginia has been in ICU since Friday afternoon. She would have had to come down to ICU by Saturday am anyway as you have to be in ICU if you are on the ventilation. After 36 hours on the Bi-PAP she just wasn't progressing.
Virginia, you might be pleased to know your doctor is the "Purple Team." It is a good choice of color, your favorite.
I received a call at home a little after 8pm or so Saturday evening. I got the report that the intubation tube came out and please come right away. Fortunately I live very close.
I was not there at the time but the staff informed me of the events. Fortunately her nurse was in the room when Virginia apparently banged for help on the side rail. The bed was in the mode where it slowly rotates side to side. This helps prevent skin breakdown and encourages coughing out any “gunk” that would impede breathing. Apparently the bed was fully rotated one direction and tugged on the on the tube.
Now when you are on ventilation they have to sedate you and you are dependent on the machine for breathing. They re-established ventilation by hand (bag) and re-intubated her (re-inserted the breathing tube).
Her oxygen saturation dropped to approx. 60-79% for an roughly estimated five minutes. One of the physicians said Virginia likely has been living at a reduced blood O2 level for awhile and may be acclimatized to lower O2 levels. She has high CO2 levels in her blood. The physician is hopeful she has escaped significant damage. We may not really know about residual damage until her lungs heal enough to get her off the ventilation. Then we can ask her questions and have her perform tasks to ascertain her abilities.
Virginia's mom (Bonnie) visited today (Saturday) in the early afternoon. She stopped in the gift shop and bought Virginia a necklace and a small “charm” that looks like a silver lifesaver. It says “Daughter.”
Bonnie arrived at 1:40 pm and we visited for awhile. We left to let them reposition Virginia and then went back. Bonnie's ride came on the dot at 4:00 pm and she went home. The nurses said Mike (her brother), Michele and their two kids (that would be Jennifer and Scott) visited after I left at 5pm. Her brother John visited later in the evening.
Virginia has been in ICU since Friday afternoon. She would have had to come down to ICU by Saturday am anyway as you have to be in ICU if you are on the ventilation. After 36 hours on the Bi-PAP she just wasn't progressing.
Virginia, you might be pleased to know your doctor is the "Purple Team." It is a good choice of color, your favorite.
I received a call at home a little after 8pm or so Saturday evening. I got the report that the intubation tube came out and please come right away. Fortunately I live very close.
I was not there at the time but the staff informed me of the events. Fortunately her nurse was in the room when Virginia apparently banged for help on the side rail. The bed was in the mode where it slowly rotates side to side. This helps prevent skin breakdown and encourages coughing out any “gunk” that would impede breathing. Apparently the bed was fully rotated one direction and tugged on the on the tube.
Now when you are on ventilation they have to sedate you and you are dependent on the machine for breathing. They re-established ventilation by hand (bag) and re-intubated her (re-inserted the breathing tube).
Her oxygen saturation dropped to approx. 60-79% for an roughly estimated five minutes. One of the physicians said Virginia likely has been living at a reduced blood O2 level for awhile and may be acclimatized to lower O2 levels. She has high CO2 levels in her blood. The physician is hopeful she has escaped significant damage. We may not really know about residual damage until her lungs heal enough to get her off the ventilation. Then we can ask her questions and have her perform tasks to ascertain her abilities.
Virginia's mom (Bonnie) visited today (Saturday) in the early afternoon. She stopped in the gift shop and bought Virginia a necklace and a small “charm” that looks like a silver lifesaver. It says “Daughter.”
Bonnie arrived at 1:40 pm and we visited for awhile. We left to let them reposition Virginia and then went back. Bonnie's ride came on the dot at 4:00 pm and she went home. The nurses said Mike (her brother), Michele and their two kids (that would be Jennifer and Scott) visited after I left at 5pm. Her brother John visited later in the evening.
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