Here We Go....Again!

Today was originally supposed to be our ‘normal’ 8 Month Stats Post but as usual we were thrown another curve ball!

Today was Ryan’s Monthly Check up with our neonatologist. Before we headed up to Little Rock we Met Mr. Scott for some pasta!!

While being our little socialight he also helped pick out a bridal shower cake for a very good friend!

We were very lucky to have sissy join us on our Dr. appointment.!

She was nice enough (or should I say she demanded ot hold him)

and therefore attempted to feed him!

We thought our day was pretty normal. Gammy helped get Ryan nake for his vitals. He hadn’t gained from his last weight taken around a week before but he hadn’t lost any weight either!

We visited with all of our ‘consult’ team  while waiting on routiene blood work before Dr. L slowly peeked in from behind the door with a very familiar but unwanted look on his face!

Ryan’s CO2 was 78. His normally runs high but is around 55-60. His pH was ok but in order to make up for his high acidity of his CO2 of 78 his HCO3 was also high (HCO3 is a base) in order to make up for his high acid level.. Unfortunately this bit of info meant that Ryan was destined for another stay in the Hospital!

Thankfully Dr. L didn’t feel that Ryan needed an ICU bed! Dr. L kept saying that this was like the last time he saw him there was absolutely no indication by looking at our child that his Blood Gasses were as high as they were. We were very blessed that the team found Ryan a private room for Little Man. This meant that no matter how long his stay two of us would be able to spend the night and take turns caring for our son!

For the most part the rest of the night was spent walking back and forth from his room to Radiology. He had a routine chest X-ray (I was able to look at the image after it was taken and thankfully his lungs were completely clear!). Followed by an abdominal Cray to check his TPT tube placement and also to make sure his tummy looked ok. Unfortunately his TPT tube had coiled back on itself and the nurses had to adjust it’s placement and back to Radiology we went!

Daddy dropped by after work and accompanied us to our XRays. Gammy was nice enough to run to the store to pick up a few necessities and stayed with Ryan for the night so that I could get a little bit of rest. (I had actually been to the Dr. the day before for a bad Sinus infection)

The plan so far is for Ryan to be on feeding rest. He will be fed through the tube tonight and hopefully have a swallow study in the morning. All of his additional labs came back normal so now they are just trying to figure out what’s wrong with his CO2.