Lily got sick again about 10 days ago. We started steroids right away. Then last Friday morning, it seemed like she had turned the corner and was doing better. However, Monday during the day she just seemed kind of sleepy and wasn't eating great, then Monday night, I checked Lily's O2 sats, and they were only 88-89%. We ended up putting her on oxygen. It got to the point that she was up to 5 L of O2 through the nasal cannula, and not keeping her sats up. I got ready to head to the ER with her, but then she'd stabilize a bit. I told Mark that I thought she had mucus plugs moving around and blocking things because when she'd cough, her sats would go back up. Plus, Lily really didn't seem to be in respiratory distress. She wasn't really retracting, nasal flaring, or appearing to "work hard." I gave her a bunch of nebs, and she and I spent the night in the recliner. We did finally switch her to a non-rebreather mask, and that finally helped her keep her oxygen levels up above 90% (on 5 L).
Yesterday she was on and off O2. She was on it all night. I did a couple of nebs during the night, and now today things are going okay so far. Lily isn't on oxygen right now, and her sats are fine. We'll just have to see what the day brings us.
I have a ton of pics from the last couple of weeks, so I'll try to post some later on.
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