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Endotracheal Tube

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I never would have thought my daughter would need to be bagged while in my arms.

Yesterday they needed to change her isollette so I was going to hold her like I had done the past few days. She was given to me and her O2 sats dropped and she wouldn't come up so they started bagging her to no avail. She was then transferred back and RT was called. Then her heartrate started to drop. They called a code on my 4 week old 1lb 9oz precious baby girl! She was given chest compression and they riped the tape off her face, took her old tube out and put a new one in. Not 2 minutes after the new tube was in she was perfectly fine and I was a huge mess crying in the corner! Not something I ever wanted to see or be put through.

Today she is doing great again. It amazes me how resilient our babies are.

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  • TriciaJoyTriciaJoy member

    I'm sorry you had to experience that. Unfortunately I saw it a few times in our stay. It never got any easier. My son tended to be a tube puller so you'd think I would, but no.

    I'm glad she recovered and is back to herself. The NICU sucks. Period.

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  • angelicalopez29angelicalopez29
    Oh my Godness, I am so sorry you had to see that, but thank God her stats went back to normal.. T&P coming your way
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  • njdcgirlnjdcgirl member

    That must have been terrifying.  I watched my son be bagged many times, and those are my worst moments/memories from the NICU.  I'm so sorry you had to see it happen (and that it happened at all!) and I'm glad she quickly rebounded afterwards.  You are right about the resiliency of our preemies. I hope she continues to do well.

     

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  • Deblondie1Deblondie1 member
    Oh wow I'm so sorry. It happened fro the first time to DH and I the other day. The nurse turned her head and Emily was not having it. Her stats immediately started dropping and they started the re-intubating process. They said she had a large airleak bc she is inbetween tube sizes. It was the most terrifying thing I've ever seen
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  • adrielegorburuadrielegorburu member
    I'm so sorry you had such a scare - I went through it yesterday also and it was the first time I've seen her bagged.  I was a mess also.  It really is amazing how strong and resilient they are.  I think her procedures, etc are harder on me sometimes.  I'm so glad to read that your LO bounced right back!
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  • MrsLee22MrsLee22

    Ugh BOTH my babies have had lung secretions clog their tubes... caused the same thing: sats dropped, nurses swarmed, I got pushed out of the way, tubes replaced. Scared the bejeezus out of me but like you said, as soon as their new tubes were in they were just like "hey guys, what's the big deal?"

    PP is SO right, most of this so much harder on us than it is on them. A very good friend of mine said the best thing to me, she said "lucky for moms, God makes babies resiliant and forgetful" LOL so true!

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