Scratch That!

After bragging this afternoon that Rebekah was making a turn-around and seemed to be doing better, tonight we had a u-turn of a different kind. Between 5:30 and 6:00, Rebekah was getting increasingly more agitated and restless, no matter what we tried to calm her down. She finally fell into a restless sleep for a bit only to be awakened by the Respiratory Therapist.

The RT gave Rebekah her nebulizer treatment and chest PT at a few minutes after 6:00, and Rebekah has continued to have a tight, wheezing cough since then. Her heart rate has also been quite high - above 180 for most of the time, only occasionally dropping to the 160's (normal for her is below 150's). She is now back up to 0.5 liters of oxygen just to keep her oxygen saturations in the low 80's. The RT that came in around 9:30 believes that her lungs have more "junk" in them than he heard in previous nights.

Right now, Rebekah has fallen asleep and her sats have come up to the mid 80's on 0.5 liters. We are waiting on the resident to come in and decide if we need a chest x-ray tonight or if it can wait until morning. I will try to update again when I have more information.

Update: The resident that saw Rebekah tonight believes that her elevated heart rate was caused by the effort it was taking for her to breathe. He wants to watch her a little longer and then increase the amount of oxygen she is getting if necessary. Other than that, he does not feel that we need to do anything tonight, unless Rebekah's breathing or heart rate get worse. When we see Rebekah's regular doctor tomorrow, we can decide if there is anything else we should be doing.

Thanks for praying for Rebekah!

Nancy