Day 373 - June 23 - Dangerous errors

Well, for those of you members who have been logging into the site to check the news, you already know what I'm blogging about tonight because Cherié mentioned it briefly in the Chatterbox. For those of you reading this without logging in, we figured out later this morning why we were having such difficulties keeping Connor's O2 saturation up - what I euphemistically call a skinware problem - operator error. During the night, Connor's difficulty in breathing was causing his saturation to drop below 90, so we added supplemental oxygen to his ventilator in an effort to keep his O2 levels up. I connected all the hoses and fired it up, and we managed to get his levels up to 91-92 (normally he's above 97%). We watched with him as he passed a difficult night, and this morning his O2 remained in the low 90s. We couldn't believe that the O2 wasn't working better.

It was only an hour or so after I left for work that Cherié discovered that the oxygen hose had come disconnected, and he actually hadn't been on oxygen all night.

Of course, I felt like an idiot for causing the boy such discomfort all night. As soon as she plugged it back in, his saturation rose to the high 90s and he immediately felt much better.

So, he's doing much better today. Once he got up, whatever reason there was for the initial lowering of the sats went away, and he spent the day feeling much better.

Apparently I need to count myself in the potential hazards Connor faces, so please continue to pray that we can manage this situation while it lasts. Lord, move Your hand quickly!

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