Talk of Home

Lynnea had her CT scan today. She needed to be sedated for it so that they could get clear pictures. She was sedated the last time she had a CT scan too, and she didn't have any problems. Unfortunately, today that was not the case. She decided that, initially while she was sedated, she didn't really want to breathe on her own. . . her sat's dropped to ridiculously low levels, and I'm pretty sure her heart rate also dipped frighteningly low, though I don't know for sure because the doctor and nurse stopped sharing her numbers out loud once she got to the point where they had to bag her. Fortunately, the sedative that was used was a short lasting drug, so within a few minutes she was fine again. The rest of the afternoon she was full of smiles, and during afternoon rounds, there was talk of probably going home tomorrow (Friday). Unfortunately the rest of her evening didn't go very well; her sat's dropped into the 50's, flirted with the 40's for awhile, and hung out in the low 60's most of the time. The doctors decided to not put her back on oxygen for now, and there's still a chance that they would be willing to send us home tomorrow, but the final decision will probably be left up to me, and I'm not entirely sure that I'm really comfortable taking her home if she's still dropping her sat's like that. So, we'll see; we might just hang out here over the weekend.