Paradoxical Bubs

After spending the last few days inexplicably getting worse, today Bobby decided to do inexplicably well. The night was a little scary - his oxygen saturations fell into the 50s briefly and were mostly in the 60s. A week ago those rates were considered horrible, now they are acceptable. When Bobby's saturations are low, they do a blood gas test. This checks the amount of oxygen actually going to his organs and is the real indicator of whether he has a problem. Time has shown that Bobby does OK with those low sats. He turns blue, but his kidneys and such are not compromised.

He was extubated this morning with very little fanfare. Which was a nice surprise. And since then he has done really, really well. His oxygen saturation levels are mostly in the 70s and 80s. They have weaned him from breathing air that is 100% oxygen to air that is 30% oxygen (21% is the amount of oxygen in the air we typically breathe). He's started eating. He's had some long snuggles. Really, as far as afternoons in the hospital go, this was about perfect.

We're realistic that his saturations may start falling eventually, but we're also hopeful that the tide has started to turn. He's such a good boy.