Yesterday was a pretty good day for Ella, by evening she was sitting up, drinking water, and eating Popsicle's. The nurses were getting the biggest kick out of her, they would ask her to cough and instead of actually coughing to clear her lungs she would say the words "cough, cough"...so Ella huh...
Anyway sometime after midnight the Dr.'s made the decision to suction our her lungs, she was unable to really cough stuff up. When they did this her saturated O2 level dropped into the low 80's. A person's O2 level should range between 98 and 100 for a healthy person...
Tatum sometimes drops as low as 96 and is OK, but usually they do not like anything under 94 and defiantly not the low 80's. Ella's O2 level since surgery and prior to there suction had been 98-100.
The immediately put a C-Pap on her to raise the saturation levels. They are reviewing the X-rays taken last night along with her echo cardiogram to determine it the sudden drop in O2 levels should be accredited to a collapsed right lung or a paralyzed diaphragm.
In the event that it is the diaphragm she well have to undergo another surgery to correct this. If it is the right lung it can be corrected by a procedure that is not as evasive. In any case this is not the best nor the worst situation for Ella. Please keep El and her family in your prayers...I know you all are, today is going to be a tough one.
I'll post more later this afternoon or early evening when Nik and Jay know exactly what is going on.
If anyone has any other questions please feel free to drop me a email and I can try to answer what I can...Having been through heart surgery with my own baby I may be able to explain something better if need be.
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Wow.. they expect high O2 levels. Samantha (with a single ventricle heart) is normally between 85-95 and fine.
We hope the best for you all, and tell Ella that Samantha says "be brave".
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