Her airway had blockage and when trying to clear the airway, air was released out of her traeche causing a drop in her SATS to a critical number. the nurse called a code, however, no heart compressions were done, and Gabriella was stabilized quickly.
She had a stable, peaceful night and is resting with pain meds. She face is very swollen, but this is due to the surgery post op and the meds she is taking to keep her still/non-moving in order to allow her stitches/wound to heal.
we are all taking turns staying with Teresa at the hospital-we want Gabriella to know that we love her and are there for her. Today was a overall good day with a couple instances of SAT drops due to airway leakage-not to a critical level-thank God.
I am told she really needs a different diameter Traeche, however, she is too critical to make a Traeche change at this time, so all they can do is monitor closely the Traeche airway leakage and keep it to a minimum. Her blood pressure, blood gases and other testing are all good.
