I just got a call from the hospital. Malachi's oxygen saturation levels are once again dropping. He had been in the 50% level for roughly 20 minutes when they had called. By the end of the conversation with the doctor, he had started to be back up into the 70s, but we were not sure how long he would stay there before dropping again. They are going to give him some nitric oxide to help increase the flow of blood from his heart to his lungs. Right now, this is what the staff is thinking is the biggest factor in his oxygen desaturations. I will hopefully hear from them by 11:00 with an update regarding Malachi's condition.
dr called... hopefully teh nitric oxide will do the trick... he's "stable" they will keep him on the nitric oxide for 12 hours and then try to wean to a small amount... but he will be on the direct gas for several days at that low dose or whatever
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