Sadbh slept well but needed
to be suctioned a few times throughout the night.
Katie slept right next to
her and was very quick to react any time Sadbh needed to be suctioned. At one stage, Katie woke up and Sadbh’s
foot was coming through the crib and kicking her in the face. Sadbh was still fast asleep.
When Sadbh finally woke up
just before 7 she was delighted to see Katie right there next to her cot.
Not long after waking up
Sadbh’s airway became obstructed due to a mucus plug. Katie reacted immediately
and worked to clear the obstruction. It took a while and at one stage Katie was
thinking through steps to perform an emergency trach change. Thankfully she was
able to clear the airway but the coughing and gagging caused Sadbh to vomit.
As soon as everyone’s nerves
had settled down and Sadbh was cleaned up it was time for breakfast. Sadbh had
a huge appetite and impressed Nini with the amount of food that she devoured.
Soon after breakfast Ali-Baba
arrived and Sadbh insisted on a tea party for everyone in the kitchen in the
basement.
Then it was time to get
outside and into the garden for some fresh air and some fun in the sun.
She used her new wheelbarrow
and shovel to dig in the dirt and she had a lot of fun.
It wasn’t long before Sadbh
was growing tired so Ali-Baba gave her a bath. She was very upset when Ali-Baba
left but eventually she soothed herself to sleep allowing Larissa and Amy to
manage trach care.
She slept for an hour and
shortly after waking up she experienced another airway plug.
Larissa reacted quickly and
started to suction her trach. The blockage did not seem to give way and Larissa
noticed that Sadbh’s skin tone was starting to change to blue and her blood
oxygen dipped down into 78% for an instant but hovered in the mid 80’s for a
minute. Her blood oxygen level should be as close to 100% as possible and never
be below 93%.
She grabbed the oxygen bag
and gave Sadbh oxygen to get her levels back up and this helped out immensely.
Sadbh started a huge coughing
fit and threw up quite a bit. She allowed Larissa to keep working on clearing
her airway and eventually she was successful.
It was an extremely
stressful moment for everyone and thanks to the quick reaction of Larissa and
Amy, Sadbh pulled through. Larissa
said that Sadbh was a champ.
She was in a great mood for
the rest of the day and when it came time for bed she was exhausted.
We adjusted her bed so her
head is elevated to help keep the fluids in her lungs from pooling in her
airway.
All the best,
Wayne, Katie and Sadbh.
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