February 27, 2009
Ava's doctor came in early this morning and said that they had to put her on a different ventilator because she was retaining CO2. They put her on a high frequency oscillator so that it will provide constant pressure to her lungs keeping them inflated with air. He said that the oscillator vibrates very rapidly and that you can see her chest wiggle. He said that this is common in babies her age and that she is doing just as he expected her to. A normal CO2 is 40, her level was 60 but he said that a level of 100 would be a problem but that they have it under control now with the oscillator.
Ava's doctor came in early this morning and said that they had to put her on a different ventilator because she was retaining CO2. They put her on a high frequency oscillator so that it will provide constant pressure to her lungs keeping them inflated with air. He said that the oscillator vibrates very rapidly and that you can see her chest wiggle. He said that this is common in babies her age and that she is doing just as he expected her to. A normal CO2 is 40, her level was 60 but he said that a level of 100 would be a problem but that they have it under control now with the oscillator.
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