Re: Question about Matthew and Location
Tom Hannah (TOM@clemson.edu)
Mon, 04 Mar 96 10:34 EST
Matthew is doing well today, but he had a bit of a rough weekend.
Saturday, about once a hour, he dropped his oxygen saturation down
to the 40s or 50s for no apparent reason. Had to be bagged several
times. He did not have apnea nor brady spells, just de-sats. Saturday
evening they did several things.
Put him on a different ventilator. This one responds when he takes a
breath on his own instead of just supplying breaths. Also increased
the rate, O2%, and pressure.
Started him on more antibiotics and tested him for infection. He had
an infection earlier last week. They thought that it might be growing on
one of the iv lines in his arm. They pulled the line, and sure enough it
looked like it was infected.
Put him on a "bump bed" or "bird bed". It bumps him every few seconds
to "remind" him to breathe.
Stopped his feedings, temporarily I hope, until the cause of the
problems is isolated. They will start him back today (Monday) if he
is still doing ok.
He also had a collapsed lung lobe, alexectosis (thats not even close
to the correct spelling :) This seems to have corrected itself.
Also...Location:
We live in Liberty, South Carolina. Liberty is near the thriving
metropolis of Pickens, where we grew up. :) The nearest large city is
Greenville. If you are a football fan, Clemson is also very near by (I
work for the university).
Tom Hannah Tom@Clemson.EDU
Information Systems Development
Clemson University
Clemson, South Carolina
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Date: Sat, 02 Mar 1996 23:31:12 -0800
From: Michael Chambers <mchamber@postoffice.ptd.net>
To: Tom Hannah <TOM@CLEMSON.EDU>
Subject: Re:
Just a quick note to say I hope all is going well for Matthew, havn't
seen anything from you in a few days. I went through 31 days of Andrew on
a vent. so I know what that can be like. I am looking foward to seeing
news soon, and remember we preemie parents are special.