Bree Marie decided to take a half an hour visit to Heaven today. At 11:45 this morning, she stopped her heart rate and breathing. For a half an hour, the staff had to do CPR on her for her to be able to continue living. We were called at around 12:00, and told that we needed to be at the hospital now. Fearing the worse, we raced to the hospital as fast as we could. Of course, the exit we needed to take was closed, so it took us an extra ten minutes to get to the hospital.
Once we got there, they were re-taping her intubation tube back in place. Her heart was beating on it's own at that point, and they were drawing labs to see if there was an infection that had caused her 'episode'. All of her labs came back infection-free, but to be on the safe side they gave her a course of antibiotics. She was switched to an oscillating ventilator, which is similar to the jet, it just works a little differently. As was told to me by the NP, it has a little more "oomph" than the jet.
Her blood gases have been all over the board today...before her episode her CO2 levels were off the charts at 206 (which is really bad!), and the last two gases before we left were at 78 (3:30) and 94 (4:30). The nurses and doctors are baffled as to why her levels are not being more consistent. The lower the CO2, the better. The nurse said that they would prefer her CO2 level not be at 94, but it is much better than it was earlier in the day.
Adam and I decided that Bree just wanted to see what Heaven was like. Once she got there all her grandparents (Ma, Pa, Grandpa Tim, Grandma Mercer, Grandma Jean, Grandpa Terry, and "GramattheBeach") threatened to whup her little hiney unless she got back down here. Since she made her choice, she better stay here with us!
We thank you for all your prayers, well wishes and thoughts of Bree...let's all continue to pray for Bree's strength and God's healing in her little body. Our littlest blessing is having a bit of a rough patch and needs all the prayers, well wishes and thoughts she can get!
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Lots of prayers that they can figure out what is going on with Bree...
We will keep Bree in our prayers that the doctors well be able to figure out what's going on and can fix it.
Serenity
Prayers from here for your little girl - Bree.
So scary...I can't even imagine what that phone call must have been like. I'm thinking about Bree and you daily, even if I'm not posting here. Hopefully this was a one time deal and she continues fighting
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