Update

Samantha had her bronchoscopy this morning and she did very well. She had a bunch of junk in her airways, especially in the lower right area which is were she always starts sounding yucky first when she is getting sick. She did fairly well on room air for the first 30 minutes to hour after the bronch, but then she started desatting to 88% and couldn't get it back up so she has been on 1.5L of O2 since roughly lunchtime, and is holding ok. The dr wants her to be 93% or better when awake and 90% or better when asleep. She has been holding right at 93% on 1.5L while awake and 91%ish while asleep on the 1.5L.

I will update more when I know more.

Kathie

Samantha is in the Hospital

Samantha is back in the hospital. She has been off and on of 1L oxygen, but she is doing ok. She will have a bronchoscopy in the morning to try to find out what is causing her to have lower respiratory infections. They decided to do a bronch because her throat cultures have changed so much over the last few months with varying sensitivities and resistances to various meds.

Kathie