Throughout most of the day, Lynnea was doing very well. This evening, however, her blood-oxygen saturation levels dropped down into the 50's (right now her doctors want her levels to be between 65-75%) and the doctors can't figure out why. They did two echo cardiograms to check to make sure that her shunt was not clogged. Both echos looked good, so the doctors think that the problem probably has something to do with her lungs. They didn't give any specific problems that they are concerned about, but they did do chest x-rays to see what's going on. They increased the amount of oxygen that she is on, and said that they will "play around with her ventilator" for awhile hoping that it helps. Her saturation levels began to go back up on their own, but the doctors are still trying to figure out what made them drop in the first place. Hopefully it's nothing serious.
On a completely random note, nurse Brenna completely made my day by taking out the trash in the family lounge. Here's the story behind that. . . Corey and I wandered over to 5A to use the computers in the family resource center and we ran into some of our favorite nurses who all wanted to know how Lynnea is doing, and when they can expect her back on their unit, etc. Well, we got to talking and we complained to Brenna that the worst part about sleeping in the family lounge is that by the middle of the night, the trash is really stinky. She said, "well, why don't you just move the trash?" So, we told her that there isn't really a good place to put it, and that we didn't feel right just moving stuff around like that. So, she replied, "well then, I'll move it -- I'm a nurse, what are they going to do, fire me?" She followed us out to the family lounge, moved the trash bins to the other side of the kitchen area, and while she was at it, decided to just put new trash bags in and take the old trash to the dumpster. Way to go Brenna!
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