Milo
had surgery to fix his hernia this morning. The procedure was a breeze
and over with in 20 minutes. 30 minutes later his nurse gave him a
little morphine for pain and his eyes immediately glazed over and was
motionless. The doctor came in and got him back to normal and decided
the half dose of morphine was just too much for him. A few hours later
his nasal prongs (just used to give him a boost since he has been off
oxygen for a few days) fell out and he just stopped breathing. His sats
dropped to 14 (normal sats are around 98) and his heart rate to the 70s (normal heart rate around 150). John and I were asleep
when his alarms went off and 20 people rushed into his room. It was
absolutely terrifying but they finally stabilized him and got him
breathing again. He had lots of mucus in the back of his throat which
probably contributed to the situation. Please pray that the rest of his
recovery is uneventful. He was due to come home Thursday or Friday and
now we are not sure what will happen. Even though his time in the NICU has been long, it has been relatively smooth sailing.
I can't imagine your terror this afternoon. We pray for Milo every night and will especially pray for the rest of his recovery to be quick, easy and boring!! --sunnydawn
ReplyDeleteHow scary!!! I just prayed for him. I now have my little boys in the NICU and it's already exhausting less than a week into it. I really hope you bring Milo home very soon.
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